Re: Handling of delete with IMAP

[Peter Bloomfield <PeterBloomfield MindSpring com>]

On 2001.12.15 13:10 Alexander Skwar wrote:
> Peter Bloomfield wrote:
> 
>> You already can, by switching among notebook pages. Or is there 
>> something else that you'd like to see, like preserving deleted 
>> messages between Balsa sessions?
> 
> 
> Yes, exactly.  That's what I meant.  Balsa should keep my messages 
> until I tell Balsa that it's okay to modify the mail folder.

Delicate--see Pawel's comment. In the interim, why not use the Trash 
can and leave ``Empty Trash on exit'' unchecked?

[snip]

> Well, I'd imagine "delete" to mark a message and "trash" to empty out 
> my trash can, ie. delete all the marked messages.

That's the point: ``empty out the trash can'' and ``delete all the 
marked messages'' are two different things, both of which make sense in 
the current Balsa.