Re: [Evolution] Evo not moving mails properly out of exchange via IMAP

[Ignacio Mas Ivars <nacho kth se>]

On Thu, 2007-03-08 at 12:40 -0400, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-03-08 at 16:44 +0100, Ignacio Mas Ivars wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I am using evolution to access an exchange server that stores my mail,
> > but using IMAP. I have a set of filters that move the mails out of the
> > exchange server into local folders. However, when evolution picks up the
> > mail, that mail does not show any more in the Inbox of the IMAP folder
> > in Evo, but it still still there if you open Outlook. The same behaviour
> > occurs when I move manually a mail from the IMAP Inbox into a local
> > folder. This forces me to open Outlook every second day and clean up the
> > read mails which are still there.
> > Is it a well known bug or is it a particular implementation problem of
> > the IMAP interface of exchange? I have tested the same behavior with
> > Thunderbird and it successfully removes the mail from the IMAP account,
> > so it's something related to the IMAP implementation of Evo...
> 
> The IMAP protocol does not support moving messages as a basic action, it
> only supports copying. Evo "moves" a message by copying it and marking
> it for deletion. It doesn't matter if the "move" is manual or via a
> filter, the same thing happens. The marked message will go away if you
> expunge the folder (Folder->expunge or Ctrl-E) or do File->Empty Trash.
> Presumably TB does this automatically, but Evo doesn't.
> 
> It's not a bug, it's a feature :-)

Ahá! Yes, it works when I expunge. Thanks for the clarification! I am
satisfied with the 'feature' then... :-)

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