Can someone explain how it works and what the advantages of using IMAP are?
On 27/3/01 11:51 AM, "dave marandino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In your Mail & News Prefs; Read tab, there is the option to 'Hide IMAP
> messages marked for deletion.' That will hide messages that are marked with
> the line through them.
>
> The message you have 'deleted' from one folder, which are hence displayed
> with the line through them, will not be removed until you choose Edit 'Purge
> deleted items.' Doing so will permanently delete all marked messages from
> the folder.
>
> You can tune the settings in the Account Edit window for that IMAP account,
> under the Advanced tab. From Tools menu choose Accounts, then edit the
> account in question, and click the Advanced tab.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> -dave
>
> On 3/26/01 2:11 PM, "john terranova" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> I guess I don't understand how imap works. I started using my mac.com
>> account as an imap server, rather than pop. I set up the account options
>> (like live sync, and check for unread msgs in subscribed folders [I'm
>> subscribed to all folders]) and the delete model (move msgs to delete items
>> folder) in ways that seem to make sense to me.
>>
>> The problem is that when I delete msgs, they usually end up staying in the
>> folder from which they were deleted; they don't just move to the deleted
>> items folder like I expect. Sometimes they seem to have a line thru them,
>> sometimes not. I just wish I could understand and predict what happens to
>> the mail when I do things like delete msgs.
>>
>> Can someone either fill me in on what I don't understand, or point me to
>> some online documentation that explains how imap works from a user's
>> perspective? Any enlightenment would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks.
>
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