| George Theall on 22 Mar 2004 03:06:02 -0000 |
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On Sun, Mar 21, 2004 at 08:11:07PM -0500, Art Clemons wrote: > It's quite simple to set up IMAP to delete messages either after several > days While this may be simple with *some* IMAP servers, I disagree that this is a simple task generally. For example, how do you handle cases in which the message store is a database? How about when that database stores a given message in several pieces? > or after a user deletes a message with his local client. This depends on what actually happens when the client "deletes" a message. In the case the client expunges it, then yes, it's gone. But if the message is flagged for deletion or moved to some type of trash folder, then you're stuck with having to operate on messages within the message store, which is not, I argue, generally a simple task. George -- theall@tifaware.com Attachment:
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