On 16 Jul 2018, at 5:25, Michael Hucka wrote:
Did I do something in a past exchange to trigger this rather hostile reply? I honestly don't remember, but if I did, I apologize.
I think Bill was just trying to let us know why auto-deletion is thought of as a very good thing if you are a server administrator. Never/rarely permanently deleting the emails in Deleted Messages is something I'm guilty of myself, but I am also the server administrator of my email accounts :)
I'm looking for a way to preserve all my mail. Does anyone have a scheme to preserve mail permanently rather than let it be deleted? For example, is there a way to have MailMate (or another piece of software) periodically and automatically move mail out of the Trash into a folder (or even another imap server) for archiving?
I think the feature you are looking for is “Mailbox ▸ Mailbox Type”. Create a mailbox for deleted messages, for example, named “Deleted Messages” within the Gmail account and then use “Mailbox ▸ Mailbox Type” to make MailMate use it when you delete messages. This way Gmail won't auto-delete the emails since this only happens for “[Gmail]/Trash”. Gmail just considers “Deleted Messages” mailbox to be just like any other mailbox (or “label” as Google likes to name them).
Note that a side effect is that MailMate won't any longer consider “[Gmail]/Trash” to be a mailbox with deleted messages. Any emails in that mailbox are going to be part of, e.g., “All Messages”.
I hope that helps. -- Benny https://freron.com/become_a_mailmate_patron/ _______________________________________________ mailmate mailing list [email protected] https://lists.freron.com/listinfo/mailmate
