[Alpine-info] alpine + gmail and deleting messages

[Allin Cottrell]

On Thu, 14 Jul 2011, Benjamin R. Haskell wrote:


> On Thu, 14 Jul 2011, Allin Cottrell wrote:

>

>> I'm using Alpine 2.00 on Linux to access my gmail account. Mostly this 

>> works fine, but I'm seeing one problem.

>> 

>> If I hit 'd' on a message in the Alpine IMAP inbox, the message is 

>> apparently deleted instantly, in the background (even if I don't take the 

>> expunge step).  If I press 'u' to remove the deletion marker Alpine _says_ 

>> it's undoing the 'd', but in fact the 'D' symbol is not removed, if I try 

>> to view the message I get an access error, and if I quit alpine and 

>> restart, the message is gone.

>

> The mapping from Gmail web interface actions to IMAP actions isn't 

> one-to-one.  Deleting a message in Gmail doesn't actually delete it, it just 

> removes the 'tag' corresponding to whatever folder you're in.

>

> There are some settings you can tweak via the web interface to make IMAP 

> behave a bit more expectedly.

>

> In the Gmail web i/f:

> Click the gear-like icon in the top right.

> Choose 'Mail settings'.

> Click the 'Forwarding and POP/IMAP' "tab".

> Under IMAP Access, under "When I mark a message in IMAP as deleted:"

> Choose: Auto-Expunge off


Perfect, that did it. Thanks.

Allin Cottrell