Re: [Evolution] Physically delete mails on the IMAP server

[guenther <guenther rudersport de>]

> I use Evolution 1.4 (2.x is not packaged for Debian testing yet) and
> IMAP.
> Our admin asked us to fire all unneeded messages. OK. That's great, he's
> doing his job.
> My problem is that messages are not physically deleted onthe server,
> though I ask Evo to delete them.
> For example there is an IMAP subdir of my INBOX called 'mplayer': If I
> Ctrl-a then DELETE all the messages in that folder, I see when I acces
> via SSH that $HOME/Maildir/.mplayer/cur is still full of messages.
> What's wrong ? And what if I just want to DEL some messages (not all)
> but Physically delete them ? Is it an Evolution side configuration? or
> is it a server side conf ?

It's common practice and how IMAP is designed.


Some information about "deleting", which I posted a couple of months
ago:

Deleting a mail does not instantly erase the mail, but mark it for
deletion (just like most other mailers do it, too). You have the option
of still seeing these "deleted" mails [1] or not.

Moving mails is simply a "copy and delete" action, therefore anything
said about deleting applies for moving, too.

The Trash actually only is a vFolder (virtual Folder) which lists all
mails marked for deletion.

To permanently erase the "deleted" (actually marked for deletion) mails
from disk, use Actions / Expunge (current folder) or Actions / Empty
Trash (all folders). You can setup Evolution to Empty Trash on Exit, so
you will not have to manually empty the trash.

I hope, this clears things up...

...guenther


[1] Check View / Hide Deleted Messages to show any "marked for deletion"
    mails in the current folder.


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