Field Detail

• ANSWERED

  public static final Flags.Flag ANSWERED

  This message has been answered. This flag is set by clients to indicate that this message has been answered to.

• DELETED

  public static final Flags.Flag DELETED

  This message is marked deleted. Clients set this flag to mark a message as deleted. The expunge operation on a folder removes all messages in that folder that are marked for deletion.

• DRAFT

  public static final Flags.Flag DRAFT

  This message is a draft. This flag is set by clients to indicate that the message is a draft message.

• FLAGGED

  public static final Flags.Flag FLAGGED

  This message is flagged. No semantic is defined for this flag. Clients alter this flag.

• RECENT

  public static final Flags.Flag RECENT

  This message is recent. Folder implementations set this flag to indicate that this message is new to this folder, that is, it has arrived since the last time this folder was opened.

  Clients cannot alter this flag.

• SEEN

  public static final Flags.Flag SEEN

  This message is seen. This flag is implicitly set by the implementation when this Message's content is returned to the client in some form. The getInputStream and getContent methods on Message cause this flag to be set.

  Clients can alter this flag.

• USER

  public static final Flags.Flag USER

  A special flag that indicates that this folder supports user defined flags.

  The implementation sets this flag. Clients cannot alter this flag but can use it to determine if a folder supports user defined flags by using folder.getPermanentFlags().contains(Flags.Flag.USER).