On Wed, 2008-10-29 at 09:39 -0400, Art Alexion wrote: > On Wed, 2008-10-29 at 04:48 -0400, Pete Biggs wrote: > > On Tue, 2008-10-28 at 23:18 +0200, jongi wrote: > > > I have setup IMAP to download mails from my server. What I would like > > > to do is to remove mails from server when I delete items from > > > Evolution. Is this possible? > > > > > When you delete mail in IMAP, the messages are just marked for deletion > > - you then need to purge the mailbox to permanently remove the marked > > messages both in Evo and on the server. It is probably clearer if you > > turn off the "hide deleted messages" option. > > I note you are using Gmail IMAP. Gmail IMAP is not standard IMAP in > that there are no folders on the server, only labels. Messages can have > no labels (in which case they are presented in the inbox AND All Mail), > one label (in which case it is presented in Inbox, All Mail, and the > folder with the name of the label), or multiple labels (in which case > they appear in Inbox, All Mail, and each and every folder matching the > multiple labels). > > > I'm not sure how this works on the back end, but deleting a message from > a folder works differently in evo than kmail or Apple mail (the three > which I am familiar with). > > In kmail and Apple Mail, deleting a message from a label based folder > moves it to the gmail trash (which I think is a real, and not merely > virtual folder) removing it from all virtual IMAP folders. Evo treats > it as real IMAP and marks it deleted in that folder. That seems to have > only the effect of removing that Gmail label and "deleting" it from that > folder only. The message still appears in other virtual folders and > also in the Inbox and All Mail.
This is now a bit more configurable, see: http://groups.google.com/group/Gmail-Help-POP-and-IMAP-en/browse_thread/thread/e294c5b3cf59a6e/f216a4585d3d2d97?lnk=gst&q=imap#f216a4585d3d2d97 Basically, it allows you to set Gmail to follow the Evo (i.e. canonical IMAP) model of deletion. Interestingly, you can set this up on a per-folder basis (I haven't tried it yet). poc _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
