I'd like to mark an email as read from my python code. I'm using to get access to the account. This part works great. I then get into my desired folder using this Again, this works great. This is where marking it as read seems to not work. I've tried the tips and answers from this post Mark email as

Marking an email as read python

I’d like to mark an email as read from my python code. I’m using

from exchangelib import Credentials, Account
my_account = Account(...)
credentials = Credentials(...)

to get access to the account. This part works great. I then get into my desired folder using this

var1 = my_account.root / 'branch1' / 'desiredFolder'

Again, this works great. This is where marking it as read seems to not work.

item = var1.filter(is_read=False).values('body')
for i, body in enumerate(item):
   #Code doing stuff
   var1.filter(is_read=False)[i].is_read = True
   var1.filter(is_read=False)[i].save(updated_fields=['is_read'])

I’ve tried the tips and answers from this post Mark email as read with exchangelib, but the emails still show as unread. What am I doing wrong?

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I think you the last line of code that you save() do not work as you think that after you set is_read of unread[i] element to True, this unread[i] of course not appear in var1.filter(is_read=False)[i] again, so you acttually did not save this.
I think this will work.

for msg in my_account.inbox.filter(is_read=False):
    msg.is_read = True
    msg.save(updated_fields=['is_read'])

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