leaveUnread seems to mark all messages as unread / removing the seen flag

[SDCRoman]

I have recently updated the package from v1.4 -> v.2.2

In v1.4 I had this code to get mailbox folder messages:

$oClient->getFolder($_folder)->setFetchFlags(true)->setFetchBody(true)->leaveUnread()
->limit($messages_per_page, $highest_page)->get();

I have updated the syntax for v2

$oClient->getFolder($_folder)->query()->whereAll()->setFetchFlags(true)->setFetchBody(true)->leaveUnread()
->limit($messages_per_page, $highest_page)->get();

The problem is, that this now marks all messages as unread. It seems to remove the seen flag. For example: If I have 3 unseen messages and 7 seen messages in the INBOX folder and the above code is executed I will have 10 unseen messages.

[Webklex]

Hi @SDCRoman ,
thanks for your report. A patch has been applied. Please update to the latest version :)

Best regards,

[TCURT15]

@Webklex I am still having this issue after updating to 2.2.4

$folder->query()->leaveUnread()->since($since)->setFetchBody(false)->paginate(50, $pageNumber);

It is marking all messages as read

(I am using this through laravel-imap if it makes a difference)

[Webklex]

Hi @TCURT15 ,
thanks for the followup 👍

Best regards,

[TCURT15]

@Webklex Thanks for looking at this again. I updated to 2.2.5 and am still having this issue unfortunately

[Webklex]

Hi @TCURT15 ,
I can't reproduce it anymore. laravel-imap is just a wrapper. It won't set any flags :)

As one last idea: take look at your config file config/imap.php and update options.fetch from \Webklex\PHPIMAP\IMAP::FT_UID to \Webklex\PHPIMAP\IMAP::FT_PEEK.

Are you using a "known" Mail provider or are you running some special mail constellation?

P.s.: thanks for testing and providing feedback 👍

[TCURT15]

@Webklex I've tried setting the fetch option to FT_PEEK with no change. I also cleared my config cache. I've tested this with a Gmail account and a Dovecot based IMAP account, both have the same issue.

[Webklex]

I've tested it with my own server (based on dovecot) as well as on Gmail. It works on both - strange. What could be the difference?

[TCURT15]

Hmm... here is my full script if it helps

$client = Client::make([
    'host'          => $emailAccount->host,
    'port'          => $emailAccount->port,
    'encryption'    => strtolower($emailAccount->encryption),
    'validate_cert' => true,
    'username'      => $emailAccount->username,
    'password'      => $emailAccount->password,
    'protocol'      => 'imap',
    'options' => [
        'fetch_order' => 'desc',
    ]
]);
$client->connect();
$folder = $client->getFolder($folderName);
$messages = $folder->query()->leaveUnread()->since($since)->setFetchBody(false)->paginate(50, $pageNumber);

and config/imap.php

return [

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | IMAP default account
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | The default account identifier. It will be used as default for any missing account parameters.
    | If however the default account is missing a parameter the package default will be used.
    | Set to 'false' [boolean] to disable this functionality.
    |
    */
    'default' => env('IMAP_DEFAULT_ACCOUNT', 'default'),

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Default date format
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | The default date format is used to convert any given Carbon::class object into a valid date string.
    | These are currently known working formats: "d-M-Y", "d-M-y", "d M y"
    |
    */
    'date_format' => 'd-M-Y',

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Available IMAP accounts
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | Please list all IMAP accounts which you are planning to use within the
    | array below.
    |
    */
    'accounts' => [

        'default' => [// account identifier
            'host'  => env('IMAP_HOST', 'localhost'),
            'port'  => env('IMAP_PORT', 993),
            'protocol'  => env('IMAP_PROTOCOL', 'imap'), //might also use imap, [pop3 or nntp (untested)]
            'encryption'    => env('IMAP_ENCRYPTION', 'ssl'), // Supported: false, 'ssl', 'tls', 'notls', 'starttls'
            'validate_cert' => env('IMAP_VALIDATE_CERT', true),
            'username' => env('IMAP_USERNAME', 'root@example.com'),
            'password' => env('IMAP_PASSWORD', ''),
            'authentication' => null,
        ],

        /*
        'gmail' => [ // account identifier
            'host' => 'imap.gmail.com',
            'port' => 993,
            'encryption' => 'ssl',
            'validate_cert' => true,
            'username' => 'example@gmail.com',
            'password' => 'PASSWORD',
            'authentication' => 'oauth',
        ],

        'another' => [ // account identifier
            'host' => '',
            'port' => 993,
            'encryption' => false,
            'validate_cert' => true,
            'username' => '',
            'password' => '',
            'authentication' => null,
        ]
        */
    ],

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Available IMAP options
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | Available php imap config parameters are listed below
    |   -Delimiter (optional):
    |       This option is only used when calling $oClient->
    |       You can use any supported char such as ".", "/", (...)
    |   -Fetch option:
    |       IMAP::FT_UID  - Message marked as read by fetching the message body
    |       IMAP::FT_PEEK - Fetch the message without setting the "seen" flag
    |   -Body download option
    |       Default TRUE
    |   -Flag download option
    |       Default TRUE
    |   -Message key identifier option
    |       You can choose between 'id', 'number' or 'list'
    |       'id'     - Use the MessageID as array key (default, might cause hickups with yahoo mail)
    |       'number' - Use the message number as array key (isn't always unique and can cause some interesting behavior)
    |       'list'   - Use the message list number as array key (incrementing integer (does not always start at 0 or 1)
    |   -Fetch order
    |       'asc'  - Order all messages ascending (probably results in oldest first)
    |       'desc' - Order all messages descending (probably results in newest first)
    |   -Open IMAP options:
    |       DISABLE_AUTHENTICATOR - Disable authentication properties.
    |                               Use 'GSSAPI' if you encounter the following
    |                               error: "Kerberos error: No credentials cache
    |                               file found (try running kinit) (...)"
    |                               or ['GSSAPI','PLAIN'] if you are using outlook mail
    |   -Decoder options (currently only the message subject and attachment name decoder can be set)
    |       'utf-8' - Uses imap_utf8($string) to decode a string
    |       'mimeheader' - Uses mb_decode_mimeheader($string) to decode a string
    |
    */
    'options' => [
        'delimiter' => '/',
        'fetch' => \Webklex\PHPIMAP\IMAP::FT_PEEK,
        'fetch_body' => true,
        'fetch_flags' => true,
        'message_key' => 'list',
        'fetch_order' => 'asc',
        'open' => [
            // 'DISABLE_AUTHENTICATOR' => 'GSSAPI'
        ],
        'decoder' => [
            'message' => 'utf-8', // mimeheader
            'attachment' => 'utf-8' // mimeheader
        ]
    ],

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Available events
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    */
    'events' => [
        "message" => [
            'new' => \Webklex\IMAP\Events\MessageNewEvent::class,
            'moved' => \Webklex\IMAP\Events\MessageMovedEvent::class,
            'copied' => \Webklex\IMAP\Events\MessageCopiedEvent::class,
            'deleted' => \Webklex\IMAP\Events\MessageDeletedEvent::class,
            'restored' => \Webklex\IMAP\Events\MessageRestoredEvent::class,
        ],
        "folder" => [
            'new' => \Webklex\IMAP\Events\FolderNewEvent::class,
            'moved' => \Webklex\IMAP\Events\FolderMovedEvent::class,
            'deleted' => \Webklex\IMAP\Events\FolderDeletedEvent::class,
        ],
        "flag" => [
            'new' => \Webklex\IMAP\Events\FlagNewEvent::class,
            'deleted' => \Webklex\IMAP\Events\FlagDeletedEvent::class,
        ],
    ],

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Available masking options
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | By using your own custom masks you can implement your own methods for
    | a better and faster access and less code to write.
    |
    | Checkout the two examples custom_attachment_mask and custom_message_mask
    | for a quick start.
    |
    | The provided masks below are used as the default masks.
    */
    'masks' => [
        'message' => \Webklex\PHPIMAP\Support\Masks\MessageMask::class,
        'attachment' => \Webklex\PHPIMAP\Support\Masks\AttachmentMask::class
    ]
];