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"Jim Dodd" <bcbuilderboy@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I never get any value for Flags in the TIdMessage object

Nor should you.  TIdMessage does not use that property at all.  That is for
user-defined values for your own code to use as needed.

> I'm checking for the value mfRecent to see if a message
> has recently arrived but Flags is always 0

As it should be.

> even though I've sent a recent message to the mailbox.

That is not how the Flags property works.

> No matter how many times I use this, I always get the same
> number for iMsg (the result of CheckMessages())

Correct.  CheckMessages() returns how many total messages are stored on the
server, not how many messages have been received since the last time
CheckMessages() was called.  The messages remain on the server until you
delete them.

> and a value of 0 for NewMsgCount (because idm->Flags is always = 0)

As you should.

>                  if( idm->Flags.Contains(mfRecent) )
>                      NewMsgCount++;

If you are not going to download and delete the messages, then the best way
to check for new messages is probably to keep a running list of all of the
known message's IDs.  Then each time you run the loop, you can check to see
if any new IDs have appeared on the server.


Gambit