[imp] hide messages marked for deletion or purge deleted messages

[Chris Lafty]

In Thunderbird:
Delete a message --> copies the message to trash --> marks the original 
message for deletion and hides it.  Gets expunged at some point.

In IMP (our config):
Delete a message --> copies the message to trash --> removes the 
original message.

Both scenarios are fine.  It's a problem when the person logs onto imp 
and sees messages marked for deletion from Thunderbird.  It is much 
easier to make changes on a server than 1,000 client machines.  
Unfortunately, Thunderbird isn't controlled by Active Directory.  I just 
don't see why IMP ever has to show messages that have been marked for 
deletion if it copies them to the trash..  But I'm probably not going to 
win this argument, so I just want to know why the new version doesn't 
expunge the entire mailbox when you delete a message that has already 
been marked for deletion.

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Christopher Lafty
Systems Administrator - Windows and Linux
132 Madill Hall
St. Lawrence University
clafty at stlawu.edu

Telephone: 315-229-5953
Fax: 315-229-5539
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Joseph Brennan wrote:
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> Chris Lafty <clafty at stlawu.edu> wrote:
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>> A lot of our clients use Thunderbird (IMAP) and of course Thunderbird
>> marks messages for deletion and hides them.  When the client logs onto
>> imp/dimp, they see all of their deleted messages.  Is there a way we can
>> purge the mailbox if a user deletes a message that was marked for
>> deletion?  We'd still like regular messages moved to the trash upon
>> deletion, but not marked for deletion.  Obviously, we don't want this to
>> apply to messages already marked for deletion.
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> Wow, I got lost in those sentences.
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> The problem is the inconsistent configurations on Thunderbird and IMP.
> Thunderbird simply marks messages deleted.  IMP copies them to Trash,
> marks them deleted, and (at some point) expunges the mailbox.
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> When you have IMP configured to save to Trash, what do you think it
> should do when it opens inbox and finds messages marked deleted?  That
> probably means those messages were not saved to Trash.  Should it copy
> them to Trash?  Or should you have to use IMP's "delete" command to
> get them copied to Trash?  Either way the next expunge will remove
> them.  I don't know if there's a clean answer to this.
>
> You could have both Tbird and IMP use Trash, or both not.
>
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> Joseph Brennan
> Columbia University Information Technology
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