[MlMt] Trash or Deleted Messages?

[Alain Israel]

I have a related question : I use Mailmate on the Mac, and Spark on the 
iphone : when I send a message using Spark, a copy goes to a Spark 
mailbox called Sent, which is different from the « Sent messages » 
mailbox of Mailmate. The message is not lost on Mailmate as it appears 
in a separate mailbox appropriately called Sent (which is not one of the 
obligatory Mailmate mailboxes). How can I reconcile these 2 conflicting 
behaviors, knowing that the Maimate mailbox « Sent Messages » does 
not exist in Spark?

Alain

On 23 Jan 2017, at 12:15, Benny Kjær Nielsen wrote:

> On 20 Jan 2017, at 21:01, Roger Bohn wrote:
>
>> In my version of MailMate, “Trash” is not an option. There are 5 
>> mailbox types, one of which is “Deleted Messages.”
>>   Similarly, I have a mailbox called “Deleted Messages” right 
>> below Junk. I do not have a mailbox called “Trash”.
>>    I’m using an Exchange Server. Am I supposed to change everything 
>> to “Trash?”
>
> Each IMAP account can have 1 mailbox assigned to be used for trash 
> (deleted messages). This is done using “Mailbox ▸ Mailbox Type”. 
> The universal mailbox always snamed “Deleted Messages” under 
> MAILBOXES in the mailbox unifies the messages of all mailboxes 
> assigned to be used for trash in each account.
>
> If you have multiple mailboxes used as trash in an account then you 
> need to identify the primary one. This is most often the one used by 
> webmail access if that exists. If not then you might be free to choose 
> any mailbox. Then delete any other mailboxes used for trash (maybe 
> move the emails to the primary one first if you like).
>
> Let me know if that was not clear.
>
>> While on the subject of Trash, how do I configure Deleted Messages to 
>> automatically flush messages after, say, 10 days? Right now I have to 
>> do a manual select+flush when I remember. I have experimented with my 
>> folder, but not found a solution.
>
> The “Deleted Messages” mailbox actually has an “Empty...” menu 
> item to make this easier (that'll flush all trash-assigned mailboxes 
> of all accounts). There's no built-in way to flush it automatically 
> and I don't think setting up a smart mailbox for it works, because 
> there's currently no “Delete Permanently” rule action.
>
> (I've been hesitating making any features which involves deleting 
> anything automatically, because it also opens up the possibility of 
> bugs with serious consequences, but it might soon be time to at least 
> add the rule action needed for a smart mailbox.)
>
> Note that some IMAP servers might actually do this for you or have a 
> configuration to do so.
>
> -- 
> Benny
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