2000-05-16-03:00:58 Shao Zhang:
> My second question is when I delete a mail accessing via IMAP, it
> creates an annoying message, something like:
>
> DON'T DELETE THIS MESSAGE -- FOLDER
>[...]
> How can I avoid this?
Switch to a different IMAP daemon.
You're currently using the UW Imapd. The designer of the IMAP
protocol and of that implementation of imapd decided to (a)
incorporate a need to preserve information that doesn't seem to fit
too naturally into the standard mbox format, and (b) stash that
information in a message which the imap daemon refrains from
displaying. Actually I lie, these functions --- stashing the info,
and skipping the display --- are done not by the imapd itself, but
rather by the "c-client" library containing the common code used by
imapd, pine, and various other tools for interacting with email
folders.
So anyway, if you find another imapd and use it, that annoying
message will no longer be created.
Alternatively, don't ever look at your actual inbox except through
imapd (or pine --- same c-client lib) and you won't see the message,
even though it will be there.
-Bennett
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