Re: creating IMAP Trash folder

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 08/30/08 19:11, Mark Copper wrote:
> 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.

You seem to be treating IMAP like it's POP.

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

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