[ale] how do you delete IMAP server messages and not local copies

[Ron Frazier]

Hi Geoffrey,

A couple of people suggested local folders, so I may have to try that at 
some point. I had to abandon my IMAP project since Eudora OSE has buggy 
message status processing with IMAP. So, I'm saving all these tips. 
Thanks very much for the input.

Sincerely,

Ron

On 01/31/2011 09:53 AM, Geoffrey Myers wrote:
> Ron Frazier wrote:
>    
>> Hello all.  Several people have been encouraging me to use IMAP for
>> email, and I've been investigating it.  I specifically want to download
>> the messages to my local computer and have them available whether I'm
>> connected to the internet or not, as well as be able to back them up.  I
>> want all my computers synchronized when I'm connected to the net.  AND,
>> I want to be able to delete the messages from the server periodically,
>> when they accumulate to too large a number; while still retaining the
>> local copy on my machines.  I cannot seem to find any way to do that
>> based on what I've been reading.  Anybody know if that can be done?  I
>> also read that IMAP have problems synchronizing thousands of messages in
>> a folder, which is routine for me.
>>      
> What I do is, any message I want to retain, but remove from the server,
> I simply move it to a local-folder in Thunderbird, thereby retaining the
> message (on a single machine) and removing it from the server.
>
>    
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Ron
>>
>>      
>
>    

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