[cvs] [Wiki] changed: FAQ/User/IMP

[Eric Rostetter]

ericr  Thu, 09 Feb 2006 12:16:59 -0800

Modified page: http://wiki.horde.org/FAQ/User/IMP
New Revision:  1.6
Change log:  Add virtual inbox and virtual trash info

@@ -129,4 +129,13 @@
 
 **[IMP 4.x]**
 IMP can "Fetch mail" from other accounts and merge it into your INBOX or other folder(s) displayed by IMP.  If you want to manage them separately rather than merging them all into one folder, you can simply create a separate folder for each account,  and then configure IMP's **Fetch Mail** to download messages for each account to its own unique folder.  Each folder would then represent an account.   Using multiple identities tied to each account's email address, you can set it up so that when you reply to a message from any given account, the proper From: address is used.
 
++++ What is a Virtual INBOX folder and/or Virtual Trash folder?
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+**[IMP 4.1]**
+A Virtual Inbox folder is a logical grouping of all mail messages in all polled folders that is marked as unread.  Opening the Virtual Inbox folder will present a listing of all such mail messages. This provides a way to quickly read all new (unread) messages which may be spread across many folders.
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+A Virtual Trash folder is a logical hiding of all mail messages which are marked with the IMAP Delete flag across all folders.  
+An IMAP server would normally mark a message as deleted but not move it anywhere or actually delete it, and it would still show up in the folder listing where it resided even though it was marked for deletion. With a virtual trash folder, the email messages marked for delete would no longer show up in the folders they reside in (though there would actually still be in those folders), but they would appear in a 'Trash'  folder (the Virtual Trash).  This satisfies some people's expectations (visually), as it in essence duplicates the metaphors typical of a POP3 retrieval of email in a typical mail client.
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+You can open the Virtual Trash folder to see all your deleted mail.  Messages stay in the folders they were originally filed or placed in, instead of being copied to an actual Trash folder or being shown as marked as deleted in their original folders.