Ok, thanks for the explanation. I appreciate the information and your time.
-- Jodie E Crouch III ShreveNet, Inc. Asst. Network Administrator On Wed February 26 2003 4:49, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > Jodie writes: > > My suggestions would be to offer some configuration option in > > Courier-IMAP that would provide for a temp directory to be used when > > performing moves/copies. In other words, when you move a message from > > folder A to folder B, it would first copy it to the temp directory (which > > is on some partition where there are no quotas). Once the copy is > > successful, it would then delete the message from folder A. > > You do not understand. An IMAP server does not gratuitously delete > messages after copying them, just like that. > > The IMAP COPY command copies messages to another folder. > > The IMAP client is not obligated to delete the original messages after > copying them. Should it choose to do so, the IMAP client must explicitly > send another command that marks those messages as deleted, and a third > command to remove deleted messages from the current folder. > > An IMAP server cannot assume that clients will always delete messages after > they are copied. > > > This may not be possible if all of this is an OS issue, but perhaps it is > > It's not possible because it's a protocol design issue. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Scholarships for Techies! > Can't afford IT training? All 2003 ictp students receive scholarships. > Get hands-on training in Microsoft, Cisco, Sun, Linux/UNIX, and more. > www.ictp.com/training/sourceforge.asp > _______________________________________________ > courier-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
