Arc Roca wrote:
Exploring my system, I decided to open Inbox with mutt
-f, and discovered that no message that I had deleted
had really been deleted. They were all there, from the
very first, in the same file Inbox. Invisible from
icedove interface (probably through tagging), but
clearly visible and present from mutt. Freaking!!!
I would have expected this in a windows application,
but not in one of ours!!!
I had implemented icedove in my system to make it
easier for other people to use, but I am going back to
mutt w/o doubt.
You are correct in that deleting the e-mail does not remove it from the
inbox mbox file. What is visible to Icedove is controlled by the
corresponding .msf file in the same folder.
To remove the e-mail permanently you need to Compact the folder. Right
click on the folder and select 'Compact this Folder'. There is also an
automatic setting (Edit->Preferences->General-> Offline and Diskspace)
which automatically compacts these files when it will save a
configurable amount of space on the HDD.
HTH
Wackojacko
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