[Dovecot] Idea: POP3 deletion as a flag

[Robert Schetterer]

Am 03.05.2013 18:14, schrieb Timo Sirainen:
> GMail doesn't delete mails when POP3 client issues a DELE command for it. Instead they just become invisible for future POP3 sessions, but they still exist for IMAP/webmail. The same could be implemented pretty easily for Dovecot:
> 
>  - Add a new setting to enable this: pop3_deleted_flag = $POP3Deleted
>  - When DELEting a message, add this flag to the message.
>  - When listing messages, skip all messages that have this flag.

My vote, do it , if it doesnt break anything else, but a wiki help
should be offered too.

>  - Also hide this flag from IMAP clients(?)

wouldnt do this, that may end in user confusion

> 
> Thoughts? Probably 20 lines of new code.
> 






Best Regards
MfG Robert Schetterer

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