Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2004 15:08:50 -0500 From: Matt <matt@atopia.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: True IMAP Trash Folder Message-ID: <401FFFD2.5000105@atopia.net> In-Reply-To: <20040202164237.GA37912@keyslapper.org> References: <1075735209.15321.0.camel@roadrunner> <1143032176.20040202092301@mygirlfriday.info> <401E6C6D.8090503@atopia.net> <20040202164237.GA37912@keyslapper.org>
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Louis LeBlanc wrote: >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 > > Lou, I think I got it covered. My new solution seems to work. Thanks though! -Matt
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