Fetch an email with imaplib but do not mark it as SEEN
I want to parse some emails from a user 's inbox but when I do:
typ, msg_data = imap_conn.fetch(uid, '(RFC822)')
It marks the email as SEEN or read. This is not the desired functionality. Do you know how can I keep the email at its previous stare either SEEN or NOT SEEN?
You might also set read_only to true when selecting the folder:
imap_conn.select('Inbox', readonly=True)
The following should work:
typ, msg_data = imap_conn.fetch(uid, '(BODY.PEEK[HEADER])')
or BODY.PEEK[TEXT], etc.