On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 06:49:51PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 08/30/08 18:38, Mark Copper wrote: > >Hi, > > > >I have a problem losing e-mails, as I posted yesterday. As near as I > >can tell, it shouldn't happen. But it does. > > > >So, I would like to at least delay expunging the mail on the server. If > >I understand correctly, it should simply have been a matter of setting > >IMAP_MOVE_EXPUNGE_TO_TRASH to "1" in /etc/courier/imapd, and restarting > >the daemons. That way, when fetchmail connects and collects and > >expunges email, a copy should be written to the Trash folder, and that > > feftchmail collects and expunges email? > > >copy will be expunged 7 days later. > > > >Only trouble is my Maildir didn't have a "Trash" directory. And > >eventhough I made one, it still doesn't get a copy of mail expunged from > >~/Maildir/new. > > How did you create it? > > What about when you delete/expunge from your MUA? > > >Everything else is an out-of-the-box old stable system. >
Well, OK, fetchmail only tells the server to delete the messages ("nokeep" option). I created it with mkdir and chmod to 700. The actions of mutt, my MUA, only affect my local system. Thanks! Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]