[Dovecot] apple mail, and mails marked as deleted

[Joerg Lentsch]

On 22.02.2005, at 03:17, Jim Tittsler wrote:

> On Feb 22, 2005, at 04:36, Joerg Lentsch wrote:
>
>> is this a feature or a bug in conjunction with apple mail. i usually 
>> use the feature in imap to not delete the emails, but only mark them 
>> as deleted, which is a very usefull feature if you use a emailbox 
>> with more people accessing it. Im now trying an SME server 
>> installation with dovecot 0.99.10, and when i delete a message, it 
>> gets marked as deletet, but as soon as i change the mailbox the mail 
>> gets also expunged from it. is this a bug fixed in the newer dovecot 
>> releases ? or is this a feature that i can configure ?
>
> Do you have Mail.app set to "Compact mailboxes automatically" (on the 
> Advanced tab of the preferences for the account you are using)?  When 
> that is checked, Mail.app issues an IMAP CLOSE command when you leave 
> a mailbox, which removes messages with the \Deleted flag set.
>

Hi there!

thank you all for the answer. Yes indeed, after trying all the various 
options on the mail client, i discovered that it was this "Compact" 
switch.
Thanks again for your help.

/Maximus

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