[Lula] noobie mail client question

[Steve]

On Thursday 27 July 2006 11:37 am, Jeff Carlson wrote:
> Steve wrote:
> > In various mail clients I have seen the options
> > "compact folders",
> > "expire all folders", and
> > "expunge folders"
> > What exactly do they mean in relation to both pop and imap?
>
> I'm not positive what they mean exactly in a POP context.  And I'm also
> not positive what "expire" means but I hope it's the same as the others.
>
> In the IMAP protocol, when you delete a message, what you actually are
> doing is tagging that message with a "deleted" flag.  The IMAP server
> preserves the message on disk until it is specifically told to purge the
> deleted messages.  Basically a safety net so you can undelete easily --
> even if you don't use a Trash folder.

Thanks, Jeff.  That was basically my understanding re IMAP.  The "expire all 
folders" command comes from kmail v 1.9.3.  How come nobody uses the 
command "purge"?  Too straightforward?

<rant mode>
This is one of my gripes as far as supporting early adopters trying to migrate 
to Linux.  At least Micro$oft is *consistent* on the desktop.  Linux 
developers seem to have the attitude of "if Fred did X, then X must be bad 
and we have to do Y".  Try explaining that to an early adopter.  Email is a 
good example here--compare Kmail, Evolution and Thunderbird.
</rant mode>

Steve
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Steve Glasser
Flying Pig Computer Svc.
steve at fpig.net
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