On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 11:51:29AM +0100, Ken Mankoff wrote:
> On 2018-02-16 at 10:42, Oswald Buddenhagen <oswald.buddenha...@gmx.de> wrote:
> > it's not clear what you mean by "archive".
> 
> I move them from the inbox to a local un-synced folder.
> 
ah. that's simply a deletion from mbsync's perspective, which it
correctly propagates.

> I'd like to replicate the gmail functionality of messages staying on
> the server even when you move them out of the inbox with an IMAP
> client. I'm not sure of the precise flags that are being
> applied/used/whatever in this case.
> 
the conventional approach would be to use a server-side trash folder,
which you can configure mbsync to do.
only caveat: ensure that the trash is not automatically pruned (maybe
configure a rule that moves messages to another folder).

> Anyway, I have figured out a work-around. On the Outlook web
> interface, I set up a rule that copies all incoming messages to
> Archive/AllMail. Then when my local IMAP client (via DavMail) moves
> them, and they are deleted from the Outlook inbox, the copy remains in
> AllMail. It seems to work so far.
> 
that certainly works. you lose any message flags you add later, but i
suppose that's not too important for archived messages.

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