On Saturday, 10.02.2007 at 09:10 -0600, Dave Sherohman wrote: > On Sat, Feb 10, 2007 at 02:30:33PM +0000, Virgo Pärna wrote: > > 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). > > Oh, I see. "Compact" means "really delete the messages that I said to > delete, but are actually just marked as deleted, not physically deleted". > How incredibly obvious. > > I think I'll side with the people who think this obscure use of the word > "compact" is a bug in IceDove (and just continue using mutt). Sounds to me like you should set your account settings as follows: In 'Server Settings': - When I delete a message: Remove it immediately Note that if you do that, you will not get a second chance: it really will delete it immediately. A slightly more conservative approach, but still basically doing the right thing as the OP asked: - When I delete a message: Move it to the Deleted folder - Also, switch on 'Empty Deleted folder on Exit' This should do what you want. The first of the above two options is a default (I think), so you should only need to turn on the second. It may also help to turn on 'Expunge Inbox'. I understand that these defaults might not be doing quite what you want, but they're slightly 'safer' than immediately deleting everything straight away. Dave. -- Please don't CC me on list messages! ... Dave Ewart - davee@sungate.co.uk - jabber: davee@jabber.org All email from me is now digitally signed, key from http://www.sungate.co.uk/ Fingerprint: AEC5 9360 0A35 7F66 66E9 82E4 9E10 6769 CD28 DA92
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