python imaplib - mark email as unread or unseen

Question

Searching here and on the internet, there are a lot of examples to how to mark a message as SEEN, even though this is automatic with imap.

But how can I mark an emai

Answer 1

You may use imap_tools package: https://pypi.org/project/imap-tools/

with MailBox('imap.mail.com').login('test@mail.com', 'pwd', initial_folder='INBOX') as mailbox:

    # FLAG unseen messages in current folder as Answered and Flagged, *in bulk.
    flags = (imap_tools.StandardMessageFlags.ANSWERED, imap_tools.StandardMessageFlags.FLAGGED)
    mailbox.flag(mailbox.fetch('(UNSEEN)'), flags, True)

    # SEEN: mark all messages sent at 05.03.2007 in current folder as unseen, *in bulk
    mailbox.seen(mailbox.fetch("SENTON 05-Mar-2007"), False)