On May 13, 2011, at 1:31 PM, objectwerks inc wrote: >> A lot of (bad in my view) clients mark deleted mail as such, and then >> provide an "expunge" feature to later delete them. Mac's Mail.app, > > > Mail.app will work both ways. > > I prefer the "mark for delete" behavior. So I have Mail.app set to work that > way. The iPhone unfortunately ONLY allows the move to folder (and does not > seem to allow you to specify which folder but may inherit it from Mail.app > settings ??). > > I believe original IMAP spec behavior is "mark for delete"
I forgot about that, yes you can set it to work that way. iPhone does only allow for move to folder, but with the exception of ActiveSync accounts you can change it. For a MobileMe account, under Mail, select your account, then click Account again, then Mail, then Advanced, and from in there you can change the location of Drafts, Sent, Deleted mailboxes to another folder (create it ahead of time since it still can't create folders). You can also set the expiration of deleted messages. By the way, that's a lot of clicks. Very un-Mac like. > > >> as well as the iOS clients do what I strongly prefer. Deleted mail is >> actually not deleted, but MOVED to a designated Trash folder. Client >> settings on your Mac, iPhone and iPads all control how often the client >> should permanently delete (expunge) mail in that folder. For years I left >> mine at "never" but after about 5-6 years of never going back and looking at >> anything, I set it to expire deleted mail after about a month. >> >> On May 13, 2011, at 11:50 AM, Nathan Sims wrote: >> >>> >>> On May 13, 2011, at 1:05 AM, Scot Hacker wrote: >>> >>>> When you use IMAP, actions mean what they say. Delete means delete. For >>>> practical purposes, you're manipulating mail directly on the server aka a >>>> central point of access, so of course "delete" deletes from everywhere. >>>> That's called "consistency" aka "sanity" and it's why IMAP has largely >>>> replaced POP. >>> >>> If in IMAP parlance delete means delete, does that mean if I delete an >>> email message on/from my iPhone, my iPad (or any other device) will never >>> see it? I'm confused... >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> MacOSX-talk mailing list >>> MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com >>> http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacOSX-talk mailing list >> MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com >> http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk > > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
