private boolean isRead(Message msg, String context) { boolean readFlag = false; try { if (msg.isExpunged()) { readFlag = true; } else { Flags flags = msg.getFlags(); Flags.Flag[] flag = flags.getSystemFlags(); for (Flags.Flag aFlag : flag) { if (aFlag == Flags.Flag.SEEN) { readFlag = true; break; } } } } catch (MessagingException e) { log.debug(String.format("failed to get SEEN FLAG for %s", context), e); } return readFlag; }