Re: IMAP pull-and-delete operation

2025-11-16 Thread Evgeniy Berdnikov
On Sun, Nov 16, 2025 at 07:12:20PM +, synflower--- via isync-devel wrote: > Is the MaxMessages code so buggy or poorly tested > that it's necessary, though? When you're going to use a tool which is not designed for your task, you take on a role of tester. -- Eugene Berdnikov

Re: IMAP pull-and-delete operation

2025-11-16 Thread synflower--- via isync-devel
On Mon, Nov 10, 2025 at 12:33:32PM +0100, Philippe Bruhat (BooK) wrote: isync's purpose is to keep both sides in sync. MaxMessages is a deviation from that. when you push that number down to zero, that's _literally_ extreme, and you've gone from syncing to fetching. Can't the requested workflow

Re: IMAP pull-and-delete operation

2025-11-16 Thread synflower--- via isync-devel
On Mon, Nov 10, 2025 at 10:05:09AM +0100, Oswald Buddenhagen via isync-devel wrote: What is so extreme about what I am doing? isync's purpose is to keep both sides in sync. MaxMessages is a deviation from that. when you push that number down to zero, that's _literally_ extreme, and you've gon

Re: IMAP pull-and-delete operation

2025-11-10 Thread Philippe Bruhat (BooK)
On Mon, Nov 10, 2025 at 10:05:09AM +0100, Oswald Buddenhagen via isync-devel wrote: > On Mon, Nov 10, 2025 at 08:31:55AM +, [email protected] wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 31, 2025 at 12:15:55PM +0100, Oswald Buddenhagen via > > isync-devel wrote: > > > shoehorning isync into doing something i

Re: IMAP pull-and-delete operation

2025-11-10 Thread Oswald Buddenhagen via isync-devel
On Mon, Nov 10, 2025 at 08:31:55AM +, [email protected] wrote: On Fri, Oct 31, 2025 at 12:15:55PM +0100, Oswald Buddenhagen via isync-devel wrote: shoehorning isync into doing something it was not designed for What is so extreme about what I am doing? isync's purpose is to keep bot

Re: IMAP pull-and-delete operation

2025-11-10 Thread synflower--- via isync-devel
On Fri, Oct 31, 2025 at 12:15:55PM +0100, Oswald Buddenhagen via isync-devel wrote: shoehorning isync into doing something it was not designed for What is so extreme about what I am doing? Why is this such a difficult task for isync? ___ isync-deve

Re: IMAP pull-and-delete operation

2025-11-10 Thread synflower--- via isync-devel
On Fri, Oct 31, 2025 at 12:15:55PM +0100, Oswald Buddenhagen via isync-devel wrote: why are you insisting on shoehorning isync into doing something it was not designed for? For one, I've been using isync for years and I have a lot of different systems set up using it. Isync works great and I k

Re: IMAP pull-and-delete operation

2025-10-31 Thread Oswald Buddenhagen via isync-devel
On Fri, Oct 31, 2025 at 10:27:01AM +, [email protected] wrote: I tested it and it works. For data protection reasons, it would be very useful if it was possible to set MaxMessage 0 and have this result in zero messages being left on the server. why are you insisting on shoehorn

Re: IMAP pull-and-delete operation

2025-10-31 Thread synflower--- via isync-devel
On Tue, Oct 07, 2025 at 01:46:42PM +0200, Oswald Buddenhagen via isync-devel wrote: On Tue, Oct 07, 2025 at 11:36:56AM +, [email protected] wrote: If I configure MaxMessages 1 ExpireUnread yes ExpireSide Far that will result in all emails staying locally archiv

Re: IMAP pull-and-delete operation

2025-10-18 Thread Oswald Buddenhagen via isync-devel
On Mon, Oct 06, 2025 at 09:43:31PM +, synflower--- via isync-devel wrote: Therefore I need to find a way to achieve POP3-like pull-and-delete functionality on a server that only supports IMAP. we have at least one known user who achieves something to that effect by using MaxMessages coupled

Re: IMAP pull-and-delete operation

2025-10-18 Thread Oswald Buddenhagen via isync-devel
On Tue, Oct 07, 2025 at 11:36:56AM +, [email protected] wrote: If I configure MaxMessages 1 ExpireUnread yes ExpireSide Far that will result in all emails staying locally archived, but only the most recent message remaining on the server? (excluding flagged messa

Re: IMAP pull-and-delete operation

2025-10-17 Thread synflower--- via isync-devel
On Tue, Oct 07, 2025 at 01:46:42PM +0200, Oswald Buddenhagen via isync-devel wrote: On Tue, Oct 07, 2025 at 11:36:56AM +, [email protected] wrote: If I configure MaxMessages 1 ExpireUnread yes ExpireSide Far that will result in all emails staying locally archiv

Re: IMAP pull-and-delete operation

2025-10-17 Thread synflower--- via isync-devel
we have at least one known user who achieves something to that effect by using MaxMessages coupled with "ExpireSide Far". If I configure MaxMessages 1 ExpireUnread yes ExpireSide Far that will result in all emails staying locally archived, but only the most recent message