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flagging multiple messages in one command with imaplib?

I'm working with imaplib. I'm trying to flag (or move or copy - anything
that takes a message_set as an argument) a bunch of messages with one
command and am having trouble.

===

def check_error(typ , data):
if (typ != 'OK'):
print typ
print data[0]
sys.exit(1)

imapcon = imaplib.IMAP4(H OST)
imapcon.login_c ram_md5(USER, PASS)

typ, data = imapcon.select( 'INBOX')
check_error(typ , data)

typ, data = imapcon.search( None, 'NOT', 'FLAGGED', 'SINCE',
'28-AUG-2003')
check_error(typ , data)

print data[0]

typ, data = imapcon.store(d ata[0], "+FLAGS.SILENT" , r'(\FLAGGED)')
print typ
print data
check_error(typ , data)
===

When my mail client does this it sends the message numbers unquoted, but
imaplib seems to quote them, leading to

imaplib.error: STORE command error: BAD ['Bogus attribute list in STORE']
What am I doing wrong? How do I work with multiple messages in one
command. (The primary consideration here is speed - 1 command is much
faster than N when N is large.)

Thanks.
M.
Jul 18 '05 #1
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