javamail mark gmail message as read

Question

Note: added after answer: Thanks.. Yeah I had tried the Flag.SEEN to true and saveChanges.. I also had read getContent marks it read. I tried using it in the for statement that

Answer 1

If you are using a for loop to read or check a mail one by one, the code can be as follows to mark a gmail message as read:

    Message[] unreadMessages = inbox.search(new FlagTerm(new Flags(Flag.SEEN), false));
            for (int q = 0; q < unreadMessages.length; q++) {

              unreadMessages[q].setFlag(Flag.SEEN, true);

            }

What this code does is that it makes it unread one by one.

And also folder/inbox needs to be READ_WRITE, instead of READ_ONLY:

folder.open(Folder.READ_WRITE);