This is why we implemented the IMAP delete option, changing the message is a hack. Thanks for clarifying why, John On 3/4/2015 6:06 AM, Sebastian Hagedorn wrote: > --On 4. März 2015 05:33:44 -0600 John Wade <jwade@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> The tool we wrote for phishing scans the Cyrus imap server's imap spool >> file systems looking for a specific text string in specific user's >> mailboxes in recent messages. Te search can be done either recursively >> or just the inbox. It then looks for and replaces another specific >> text string (usually the phishing URL) with a string, like "Phishing URL >> removed by the Information Technology department". > > Strictly speaking you would have to change the message's UID or the > mailbox's UIDVALIDITY as well. Messages are guaranteed to be immutable > by RFC 3501, section 2.3.1.1. ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://www.cyrusimap.org/ List Archives/Info: http://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/pipermail/info-cyrus/ To Unsubscribe: https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/mailman/listinfo/info-cyrus
