On 10/14/02 5:58 PM, "Remo Del Bello" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've been using Entourage to connect to an IMAP account on my laptop for > about a month now and am puzzled about something. I have the default (I > believe) setting of moving messages to the Deleted Items folder when > deleting. Why is it that Entourage can perform this action while offline, > but won't let me move a message from one IMAP folder to another IMAP folder. > It is exactly the same operation for both (copy message to new folder and > delete message). Why can't it cache the operations to be performed and run > them when online again (as it obviously does for deleted messages)? I suspect it's not the same at all, Remo. The IMAP "Deleted Items Folder" is a sort of legal fiction, is what I suspect. When you "delete" an IMAP message, it basically just marks it for deletion. If you have chosen the "IMAP Deleted Items Folder" option - sure - it's "moved" but basically it's just another way to mark for deletion. And Entourage has a special setting for this folder (and for Sent items and Drafts). It does not have to keep track of the 73 folders you may have. It just marls the message for deletion when you're offline, then when you're connected there's a sort of automatic "translation" from "messages marked for deletion" into "move all them into Deleted Folder". Have you never seen, on a slow day, IMAP messages you delete acquire the red X and strikethrough just for a second or so - as if you didn't have the "Deleted Folder" option? It's the same thing when you reconnect. So that "translation" is all set up. Quite different from keeping in memory a complex map of 1563 messages which need to be moved variously from 4 folders to 7 other or same folders. I'm just guessing, but it seems plausible to me. Maybe someone will know more. -- Paul Berkowitz -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
