Interviewed by CNN on 18/5/2010 17:48, Stanimir Stamenkov told the world: > I've recently subscribed to a mailing list using my Gmail account > address. I've configured Gmail using IMAP in SeaMonkey and I've > setup a filter so any messages sent to the list get moved to a local > folder (which has a limited time retention policy). I don't really > want these messages kept on the server but I've noticed they don't > quite get deleted after being moved to a local folder. They can > still be accessed through the "All Mail" archives folder and I need > to manually select them in there, delete (move to the "Trash" > folder) and then empty the trash to get rid of them completely off > the server. Deleting them bypassing the "Trash" folder using > Shift+Delete also doesn't seem to remove them from the server - they > reappear after I navigate back and forth to the "All Mail" folder. > > So my question is whether I can setup a filter which gets rid of the > messages from the Gmail server completely after they get moved to a > local folder? > Here's the thing: Gmail does not really work in accordance to the POP3 and IMAP4 protocols. It does its own thing, and kinda "simulates" POP and IMAP. Part of "doing its own thing" is that Gmail does not like deleting stuff. When you think you have deleted it from the IMAP interface, it actually "archives" it. Some things are possible only from the Web interface. I strongly suspect that really-deleting messages is one of them.
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