Re: [Dovecot] Idea: POP3 deletion as a flag

Timo. Hi. But it will be visible at what folder? Trash? Or will only be visible as a conventional message with the delete flag? I think that this is interesting if the DELE of pop don't let the user confused when doing alternate access using a client via pop sometimes/a client via imap sometimes.

From: tss@iki.fi Date: Fri, 3 May 2013 19:14:19 +0300 To: dovecot@dovecot.org Subject: [Dovecot] Idea: POP3 deletion as a flag

GMail doesn't delete mails when POP3 client issues a DELE command for it. Instead they just become invisible for future POP3 sessions, but they still exist for IMAP/webmail. The same could be implemented pretty easily for Dovecot:

• Add a new setting to enable this: pop3_deleted_flag = $POP3Deleted
• When DELEting a message, add this flag to the message.
• When listing messages, skip all messages that have this flag.
• Also hide this flag from IMAP clients(?)

Thoughts? Probably 20 lines of new code.