GMail and IMAP : strange behaviour

[Nobody]

Hi, I noticed some strange behaviours while using Gmail through IMAP. I
don't remember everything now, but one thing first: when I open a folder
on another IMAP account, the cursor will be on the first unread message;
when I open my GMail INBOX, the cursor in on the first message at the
top of my box (it should be at the bottom, most often on the last
message since I often only have ONE unread message). I think I even saw
(but I am not quite sure of that, maybe a dream?) the cursor on the
second line of my box when having two unread message. Why?

Regards.

[Mark Crispin]

Gmail does not support all of the facilities of IMAP yet, including the
facility (recent flags) that Pine and Alpine uses to position the cursor.

I am trying to convince the Gmail developers that it is important to
implement all the facilties of IMAP. Some things are not easy for them,
given the way that their mail store works, and they would like to omit
things that "nobody" uses. Unfortunately, all too often, "nobody" means
Pine and Alpine; or, put another way "anything other than Outlook."

-- Mark --

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