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Mail read flag not sync between EWS and IMAP
Problem reported by Sébastien Riccio - 4/14/2022 at 11:15 PM
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Hello,

Some customers are reporting an issue when using their account on both emClient (connected with EWS) and any other mail client (mobile, desktop) using IMAP.

When a mail is flagged as read/unread on either side, it's not sync'ed with the other side.

I was able to replicate the issue on a fresh account by setting it in emClient (EWS) and IMAP (Thunderbird).

Of course this is _very_ annoying and critical issue because the customers are lost knowing which mail they've already read/processeed when switching workplaces.

Some additional tests I did while troubleshooting this issue for our customer:

- Changing mail read/unread state from Thunderbird, then forcing a refresh of the folder on emClient -> The flags are refreshed in emClient (also when closing/reopening emClient)
- Changing mail read/unread state from emClient, then forcing a refresh of the folder on Thunderbird -> The flags are _NOT_ refreshed in Thunderbird (even after closing/reopening Thunderbird)

- Changing mail read/unread state from Thunderbird, while checking in the webmail -> Flags are synchronized in the webmail
- Changing mail read/unread state from emClient, while checking in the webmail -> Flags are _NOT_ synchronized in the webmail

- Changing mail read/unread state from webmail, while checking in Thunderbird -> Flags are synchronized in Thunderbird right away.
- Changing mail read/unread state from webmail, while checking in emClient -> Flags are _NOT_ synchronized in emClient (unless forcing a refresh)

At this point I've stopped any further investigation as it looks there are many different synchronisation issues here.

 I'm not conviced yet if it's a global EWS sync problem with SmarterMail or if it's an issue with emClient implementation of EWS.

Thank you in advance for the help.

Kind regards

Sébastien Riccio
System & Network Admin

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Sébastien Riccio Replied
Update: Opened a ticket about the issue.
Sébastien Riccio System & Network Admin https://swisscenter.com
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Mike Mulhern Replied
Not sure this helps, have had a ticket open with SM since Oct 2021 trying to figure out a similar problem.  

Emails on iOS EAS remaining unread while same acct in MAPI > Outlook shows the email as read.  It appears to be intermittent.  SM has tried a few things and we've been trying to figure out the pattern/cause but no luck so far.
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Sébastien Riccio Replied
Thanks for the info Mike.

In the case we're facing, my guess is that it is something around EWS or at least EWS/emClient combo.
When changing read/unread state from emClient, the webmail doesn't reflect the change, neither IMAP.

But all good when I alter the read/unread state from the IMAP client...

Perhabs it could also affect MAPI too, as if I'm not wrong, some EWS is also used when using MAPI.

Sébastien Riccio System & Network Admin https://swisscenter.com
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Sébastien Riccio Replied
Update:

The source of the issue of this topic seems to be located at client-side (emClient with EWS):

It is partially fixed with an internal emClient build available here:

Kind regards.
Sébastien Riccio System & Network Admin https://swisscenter.com

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