imap_header prob

[Martin Slingsby]

I'm trying to read only new mail from a mailbox and display it in a table.
What I'm doing is this (server data obfuscated):

$mail=imap_open ('{SERVER}', 'ACC', 'PW');
if($mail){
$headers=imap_h eaders($mail);
// Get number of mail
$current=imap_n um_msg($mail);
// Get content of mails retrieved, formated and presented
$header=imap_he ader($mail,$cur rent);


for($i = 1; $i <= $current; $i++){
        $header=imap_he ader($mail,$i);
        $recent=$header->Recent;
        $unseen=$header->Unseen;
        if($recent == "N" || $unseen == "U"){
  process mail in various ways
  [snipped]

 
As I understand it (php.net on imap_headers) the if($recent == etc) method
is the way to get only new mail and ignore the rest. But I still get all
mail every time I open the mailbox.

Am I doing something wrong or is our slightly non-standard mail server
misbehaving?

Rgds,

Martin S