Re: Marking messages as read...

["Rupa Schomaker (list)" <rupa-list@rupa.com>]

Ed L. Cashin <ecashin@coe.uga.edu> writes:

> John Saylor <john.saylor@cybertrust.gte.com> writes:
> 
> > Anyway, you need to delete the messages, not expire them. To delete a
> > single message use this keystroke combo:
> > 
> > B <Del>
> > 
> > where <Del> is the delete key.
> 
> I think that expunges them; i.e., they no longer will reside anywhere
> on the server, while "deletion" is accomplished by hitting 'd'.  It's
> strange jargon, since "deleting" a message means that it will stay on
> the server until some IMAP client requests that the server expunge all
> deleted messages.  In nnimap, "deleted" and "read" are the same.

B <Del> marks a message as deleted.  nnimap by default does an
auto-expunge when leaving a group.  You can change that behavior
easily.  However, there is no way to retrieve a message *marked* as
deleted.

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