On 03-05-13 18:49, lst_ho...@kwsoft.de wrote: > > Zitat von Timo Sirainen <t...@iki.fi>: > >> GMail doesn't delete mails when POP3 client issues a DELE command for >> it. Instead they just become invisible for future POP3 sessions, but >> they still exist for IMAP/webmail. The same could be implemented >> pretty easily for Dovecot: >> >> - Add a new setting to enable this: pop3_deleted_flag = $POP3Deleted >> - When DELEting a message, add this flag to the message. >> - When listing messages, skip all messages that have this flag. >> - Also hide this flag from IMAP clients(?) >> >> Thoughts? Probably 20 lines of new code. > > Hmm, this would lead to every increasing mailboxes for POP3 only users. > What about this > > - Use some setting to express that POP3 deleted mail should be IMAP > mark-as-deleted
This conflicts with (many) IMAP user agents that don't use mark-as-deleted but have some version of 'move to trash folder' instead. I do agree that it's probably the Right Way (tm) :) > - Skip messages marked as deleted with POP3, maybe even as default? > > With this on IMAP access you clearly see what is going on. Also if you > delete Messages by IMAP they won't get downloaded by POP3. This would > also fit with mail providers doing an "IMAP" expunge/purge on a fixed > timebase. Kind regards, Tom