Re: creating IMAP Trash folder
Ah, there it is. From Philip Hazel on exim-users:
The Trash folder on the file system begins with a period. ie,
"Maildir/.Trash"
On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 08:00:51PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> 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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