Subj : MSG_READ attribute and saving message headers
To   : Nightfox
From : Digital Man
Date : Mon Mar 16 2015 12:45 pm

  Re: MSG_READ attribute and saving message headers
  By: Nightfox to Digital Man on Sat Mar 14 2015 12:45 pm

 > Hi DM,
 >
 > I'm working on a message reader in JavaScript and am wondering about a
 > couple things regarding the MSG_READ attribute:
 > - When marking a message as read, does it make sense to do so only if the
 > message is written to the logged-in user who is reading the message?

Yes.

 > - To enable the MSG_READ attribute for a message, is this the proper way to
 > do that (assuming msgHeader is the header object and msgbase is the message
 > base object):
 > msgHeader.attr |= MSG_READ;
 > msgbase.put_msg_header(true, msgHeader.offset, msgHeader);

Yes.

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