Re: Very disturbing feature in icedove

[Virgo Pärna <virgo.parna@mail.ee>]

On Sat, 10 Feb 2007 03:12:47 -0800 (PST), Arc Roca <tonroca@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I would have expected this in a windows application,
> but not in one of ours!!!
>

     Actually - mutt does the same thing - when message is deleted, 
it's marked as deleted and not actually deleted. Check man muttrc and
search for delete. By default it asks when closing program.
    To make Thunderbird/Icedove to really delete those messages you can use 
File, Compact Folders and you can specify configuration option "Compact 
folders when it will save over XXX kB" (you can also specify specific amount
of disk space). This option probably should be on by default - just like
mutt's is set for to ask at closing program. The reason why messages are 
only marked for deletion and not really deleted is, that for mailbox it 
would require rewriting entire mailbox.

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Virgo Pärna 
virgo.parna@mail.ee