On 2009-02-28, Carlos Pita <carlosjosep...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > 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
Ah. Good point. I forgot about that (I don't use their SMTP server). --
