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> imap = imaplib.IMAP4("hostname")
> imap.login("name","passwd")
> imap.select("INBOX",1)
> imap.store(1, 'FLAGS', '(\Deleted)')

You're selecting the INBOX folder as read-only, which means that you can't
write any changes, including flags, to it. Doing this:

>>> import imaplib
>>> imap = imaplib.IMAP4("hostname")
>>> imap.login("name","passwd")
>>> imap.select("INBOX") # read-only defaults to False
>>> imap.store(1, 'FLAGS', '(\Deleted)')

Works fine for me, and should for you.

=Tony Meyer

Many thanks!! What a fool I am. Now it works

Christian

"Tony Meyer" <t-> wrote in message news:<mailman.1438.1076450070.12720.python->...
> > imap = imaplib.IMAP4("hostname")
> > imap.login("name","passwd")
> > imap.select("INBOX",1)
> > imap.store(1, 'FLAGS', '(\Deleted)')
>
> You're selecting the INBOX folder as read-only, which means that you can't
> write any changes, including flags, to it. Doing this:
>
> >>> import imaplib
> >>> imap = imaplib.IMAP4("hostname")
> >>> imap.login("name","passwd")
> >>> imap.select("INBOX") # read-only defaults to False
> >>> imap.store(1, 'FLAGS', '(\Deleted)')
>
> Works fine for me, and should for you.
>
> =Tony Meyer