Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 11:42:37 -0500 From: Louis LeBlanc <freebsd@keyslapper.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: True IMAP Trash Folder Message-ID: <20040202164237.GA37912@keyslapper.org> In-Reply-To: <401E6C6D.8090503@atopia.net> References: <1075735209.15321.0.camel@roadrunner> <1143032176.20040202092301@mygirlfriday.info> <401E6C6D.8090503@atopia.net>
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On 02/02/04 10:27 AM, Matt Juszczak sat at the `puter and typed: > Gary wrote: > > Gary, > > >Hi Matt, > > > >On Mon, 02 Feb 2004 10:20:09 -0500 UTC (2/2/2004, 9:20 AM -0600 UTC my > >time), Matt Juszczak wrote: > > > >M> Does anyone know of a mail client that supports a true IMAP trash > >M> folder? Evolution doesn't, and so I use evolution on three different > >M> machines and if I have deleted messages I have to check all three > >M> machines sometimes to find it. > > > >There is no trash folder in the IMAP protocol itself.. Removing mail is a > >two step process, first of deleting it, and second of purging the deleted > >mail. > > > > > > > > I understand now. Thanks. So do you know of a mail client that > supports "Deleting Items" to a folder called "Trash" on the IMAP > server? Right now I have evolution and if I delete mail it puts it into > a local trash folder, but I dont see an option to "Copy deleted mail to > folder <blah> on mail server" or something like that. I use mutt with an imap server. I've tied macros to specific keys that save messages to INBOX.trash, which effectively deletes them from the current folder. I go to the .trash folder and use 'D' to clean it out on a regular basis, sometimes finding one or two that I didn't want to delete. It requires folder hooks to change the underlying behavior for the 'd', '^d' and 'D' keys based on the current folder, but it works like a charm. The mutt site documents how to do most of this, but if you like, I can dig up my macros for you. HTH Lou -- Louis LeBlanc leblanc@keyslapper.org Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) http://www.keyslapper.org ԿԬ The universe does not have laws -- it has habits, and habits can be broken.
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