ListNewMessages Method

Queries a list of new messages available in the current mailbox on the mail server.

Syntax

imapclient.listNewMessages([callback])

Callback

The 'callback' parameter specifies a function which will be called when the operation completes (or an error is encountered). If the 'callback' parameter is not specified, then the method will block and will not return until the operation completes (or an error is encountered).

The callback for this method is defined as:

function(err){ }

'err' is the error that occurred. If there was no error, then 'err' is 'null'.

'err' has 2 properties which hold detailed information:

err.code
err.message

Remarks

Retrieves a list of new messages (i.e. those having Recent flag set and not having Seen flag set) present in CurrentMailbox.