Thanks for the update Matt, this is something I'd really like to see in the API.
Brian: Bad analogy; you can delete an email from your 'sent items' mailbox, can't you? I'm not trying to delete a sent message from the recipient's inbox, just clear out my own sent items. Best, Dave On Nov 25, 4:18 pm, Matt Sanford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Dave, > > This is a known limitation currently being tracked > athttp://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/detail?id=96 > > Thanks; > — Matt Sanford (@mzsanford) > > On Nov 25, 2008, at 05:36 AM, Brian Gilham wrote: > > > > > I'm fairly certain DMs work like email, once you've sent it, it's > > gone. > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dave Arter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 02:31:03 > > To: Twitter Development Talk<twitter-development- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Deleting sent direct messages > > > I'm trying to delete a direct message from my 'sent' box using the > > API, but keep getting 403 errors. > > The API documentation says "The authenticating user must be the > > recipient of the specified direct message.", so have I hit upon an > > intentional limitation of the API?
