On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 05:30:23PM +0000, Michael Elkins wrote: > On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 05:04:03PM +0000, isdtor wrote: > >I've been wondering for a while whether it is possible to completely > >save a mailbox (i.e. mbox) in exactly its current state, deleted > >messages and all, without actually purging deleted messages? In other > >words, I would like to preserve the "Deleted" flag for a message, > >maybe through the Status: header, so that the next time I open mutt, > >the "Deleted" messages are still present and marked "Deleted". > > The mbox format is the only one that can't store deleted messages. > If you really need this feature, you will need to switch to another > format, such as maildir.
It's never really been clear (to me at least) that there's any good reason to want this feature, despite the fact that many formats support it. The point of marking messages as deleted is to actually delete them. If you're not ready for a message to be deleted, you should not mark it as deleted (and thus avoid risking that they accidentally get purged when you didn't want them to be). So, I'm inclined to think that you're trying to do this in order to solve a problem that may be better solved a different way... It might be beneficial to explain what your purpose is, so the many bright minds on this list can offer potential alternatives. Or, if the purpose is something that's generally useful, a feature which accomplishes it might be considered and perhaps added to Mutt. -- Derek D. Martin http://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0xDFBEAD02 -=-=-=-=- This message is posted from an invalid address. Replying to it will result in undeliverable mail due to spam prevention. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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