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List:       kde-user
Subject:    Re: KMail - deleting messages
From:       Julian Rockey <linux () jrockey ! com>
Date:       2001-05-31 20:06:13
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I don't think it should require IMAP to behave like this. E.g. in Mozilla 
Messanger, if you choose the options "Keep mail on server" and "Delete on 
server when deleting locally" the messages are kept on the server until you 
deleted them individually locally - when Mozilla sends a delete request for 
that particular message to the POP server. 

However I'd prefer to use KMail because it looks and feels nicer, loads more 
quickly and uses AA fonts.

With KMail, I can tell it not to remove messages from the server when it 
downloads them (uncheck "Delete messages from server") but I can't figure out 
how to tell it to delete a message from the server when I delete it locally.

IMAP is no good to me really as many ISPs (including mine) don't support it.

If this can't be done in KMail, I would strongly recommend it as a feature in 
a future release, as without this small function it is impossible to remove 
messages from the server once they are downloaded.

>On Thursday 31 May 2001 10:49, Mike Davison wrote:
>> The behaviour you are describing is provided by IMAP rather than POP. The
>> last I checked, IMAP support was 'coming soon' to Kmail.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> On Tuesday 29 May 2001 09:29 pm, Julian Rockey wrote:
>> > Has anyone figured this out (I've looked through the docs and can't
>>
>> myself...
>>
>> > maybe I'm missing something): how do I set KMail so that it DOESN'T
>> > remove messages from the POP server when I download them, but DOES when I
>> > delete them locally? The "Delete messages from server" setting applies to
>> > downloading the messages I think... so if this is deselected messages are
>> > NEVER deleted from the server, even if I delete them locally?
>On Thursday 31 May 2001 10:49, Mike Davison wrote:
> The behaviour you are describing is provided by IMAP rather than POP. The
> last I checked, IMAP support was 'coming soon' to Kmail.
>
> Mike
>
> On Tuesday 29 May 2001 09:29 pm, Julian Rockey wrote:
> > Has anyone figured this out (I've looked through the docs and can't
>
> myself...
>
> > maybe I'm missing something): how do I set KMail so that it DOESN'T
> > remove messages from the POP server when I download them, but DOES when I
> > delete them locally? The "Delete messages from server" setting applies to
> > downloading the messages I think... so if this is deselected messages are
> > NEVER deleted from the server, even if I delete them locally?
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