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Pavan Balaji

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Jun 20, 2006, 4:40:25 PM6/20/06
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Hello,

I'm currently using thunderbird v1.5.0.4 on linux (Kubuntu Dapper). I
use an IMAP connection to check my email. Here's the problem I'm facing:
when I delete emails locally on thunderbird, they are permanently
deleted locally. But on the remote server, they are only marked to be
deleted. They are only expunged when I close thunderbird. Is there some
setting I can use to expunge emails immediately (as soon as I delete
them locally) on the remote server as well?

Thanks,

-- Pavan

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Dan

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Jun 20, 2006, 4:47:54 PM6/20/06
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On 6/20/2006 3:40 PM, Pavan Balaji wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm currently using thunderbird v1.5.0.4 on linux (Kubuntu Dapper). I
> use an IMAP connection to check my email. Here's the problem I'm facing:
> when I delete emails locally on thunderbird, they are permanently
> deleted locally. But on the remote server, they are only marked to be
> deleted. They are only expunged when I close thunderbird. Is there some
> setting I can use to expunge emails immediately (as soon as I delete
> them locally) on the remote server as well?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -- Pavan
>

Go Account Settings -> Server Settings -> Clean Up on Exit

Pavan Balaji

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Jun 21, 2006, 2:51:41 AM6/21/06
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Thanks for the suggestion Dan. I already have this set. In fact,
thunderbird does clean up the deleted mails once I close it (exit
thunderbird). However, I'm looking for a way in which I can clean it up
immediately on deletion, i.e., I want the message to be expunged on the
server as soon as I delete it locally.

Thanks,

-- Pavan

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NM Public

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Jun 21, 2006, 3:32:41 AM6/21/06
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Sur 2006-06-21, Pavan Balaji skribis:

>
> Thanks for the suggestion Dan. I already have this set. In
> fact, thunderbird does clean up the deleted mails once I close
> it (exit thunderbird). However, I'm looking for a way in which
> I can clean it up immediately on deletion, i.e., I want the
> message to be expunged on the server as soon as I delete it
> locally.

Expunging is expensive so most IMAP clients, including the
Mozilla-based IMAP clients, wait and do expunges at the end of a
session. If you want to expunge immediately, you need to do it by
hand, e.g., in SeaMonkey Suite right click on the mailbox name
and choose "Compact this folder". I've written about this here:

The IMAP Way of Deleting a Message
<http://deflexion.com/2006/05/imap-way-of-deleting-message>

I don't know of any IMAP client that can be set up to expunge
immediately, but I'm curious to learn if such an IMAP client
exists.

HTH,
Nancy

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