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Submitted by Anonymous on 21. May 2010 - 9:23.

After doing backup with gmail backup, all my emails are marked as read.

I suppose google has changed something, because I am doing backup of several accounts without problems for more than a month.


	#1Submitted by Anonymous on 21. May 2010 - 11:20. Same problem here for a few Same problem here for a few days... Login or register to post comments


	#2Submitted by Anonymous on 21. May 2010 - 15:23. Yep I can confirm it is happening on a google apps account. Is gmail-backup even actively being developed anymore? Login or register to post comments


	#3Submitted by Anonymous on 22. May 2010 - 15:48. all email showing as being all email showing as being read OK, I freaked out... because all my email showed up as being read now all of a sudden. So now I have no idea how to undo this (I really liked to keep my emails that I haven't actually read as UNREAD), but apparently when I use GMAIL BACKUP, it marks ALL email as read immediately after the email is backed up. Can I please undo this? Someone??? Login or register to post comments


	#4Submitted by Anonymous on 28. May 2010 - 11:45. Same thing here too! Some Same thing here too! Some feedback? Login or register to post comments


	#5Submitted by Anonymous on 3. June 2010 - 17:05. Same here :( I doubt you can Same here :( I doubt you can undo this, there is nothing in the .eml that indicates the read/unread state of the message and at google this info is obviously lost. I hope we will get at least some feedback from Gmail Backup developers with explanations and schedule for the bugfix. Login or register to post comments


	#6Submitted by Anonymous on 14. June 2010 - 6:13. Cause by Imap change Google made a change to the IMAP implementation to fix a long-standing bug a few weeks ago. Unfortunately, clients/tools/utilities that aren't using IMAP correctly now end up marking downloaded messages as read. It's up to each such utility (like Gmail-Backup) to fix their IMAP commands to properly download without marking as read. I know the protocol change has been talked about in the Gmail help forum, but I can't seem to find the post right now. Bottom line: Gmail-Backup will need to be fixed and a new version distributed to solve the problem. --bkc56 Login or register to post comments


	#7Submitted by Anonymous on 18. June 2010 - 20:34. I have been having the same problem... For several days now I have been noticing emails that are marked as read that I know I haven't read before. It has been happening over the last couple of days and I was getting a little paranoid and angry b/c I thought maybe my wife was looking at my email or something, not that I have anything to hide but it is just the principle. I have my gmail backup batch file running at 3am every night. So any email that came in from basically my bed time of about 9:30 or 10pm that I didn't check is getting marked as read at 3am. Any emails after that are showing up as new. Login or register to post comments


	#8Submitted by Anonymous on 18. June 2010 - 20:37. thread on google support There is a thread on the google if you search google imap marking items are read that confirms the last comment Login or register to post comments


	#9Submitted by Anonymous on 21. June 2010 - 11:09. Suggested solution The problem is in getmail I think. It uses the old FETCH syntax, which is equivalent to FETCH BODY[], and marks the messages read. Please use the modern syntax FETCH BODY.PEEK[], so the messages do not get marked read. Why don't you guys fix this? Login or register to post comments


	#10Submitted by Anonymous on 29. June 2010 - 16:33. This site has been abandoned This site has been abandoned, it seems. Nothing posted by developers for more than a year. No fixes. Nothing. Guess that's life. Pity! Login or register to post comments


	#11Submitted by Anonymous on 29. July 2010 - 9:43. PEEK bug I am trying to reach one of the 2 persons that implemented this - useful - tool. I will let you know if I get any luck. Login or register to post comments


	#12Submitted by Anonymous on 30. July 2010 - 16:59. Same issue for me as well. Same issue for me as well. Login or register to post comments


	#13Submitted by Anonymous on 7. September 2010 - 17:56. And me GMail Backup is a great little utility, is the source available at all? Login or register to post comments


	#14Submitted by Anonymous on 24. September 2010 - 0:42. Time to move on I've been having this problem like everyone else and just tied it back to Gmail Backup. I guess I've got to find another tool to do my backups. This bug is destroying my productivity. Login or register to post comments


	#15Submitted by Anonymous on 28. September 2010 - 11:56. Workaround This is the easiest way that I can find: 1/ Type is:unread into the Search box to select only your unread email. 2/ Select all and apply a label, e.g. unread prior to backup 3/ Backup 4/ Search for your label, select all and Mark as Unread. All improvements welcome! Login or register to post comments