> > folder-hook . 'set record=^' > > One thing that is interesting about the Gmail IMAP server is > that a message can exist in multiple folders at the same time. > This is actually a pretty powerful concept. In reality there's > a database with a single copy of each message, and IMAP
That's true in general but I've confirmed that the hook above effectively creates two copies. If I enter gmail web interface, trash the copy at Sent Mail, then go to Thrash and permanently remove this trashed copy, the one at the original label where I've replied still exists by its own. > "[Gmail]/Sent Mail", so if you want to keep things consistent, > you should configure that as your "record" folder in mutt. No. If you want to play fair with gmail you have to set copy = no, and then the record folder becomes irrelevant. That is because they automatically save outgoing mails into [Gmail]/Sent Mail, no matter if they're send from the web interface or via their smtp server. They even give this guideline at their site: https://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=78892&topic=12815 Best regards -Carlos
