OT - IMAP mail server with trash folder?

Gregory Nowak greg at gregn.net
Mon Jun 17 17:08:53 EDT 2013


The courier webmail server does have a trash folder out of the box. I
use the pop3 portion of it for getting my mail off my server, but I do
seem to recall that using imap does give you that same trash folder
like it does in webmail.

http://www.courier-mta.org

Greg


On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 04:47:39PM -0400, Jayson Smith wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I also use a Windows program called PopPeeper, and it just deletes
> messages when I tell it to. On my Insight accounts, the messages
> wind up in a trash folder, whereas on my Linux system, deleted
> messages wind up in the great bit bucket, never to be seen again.
> I've Googled a bit, and there seems to be a rather old plugin to
> move deleted messages to a Trash folder, but I have no idea if it
> still works with modern Dovecot. Anyone know of any other ways to do
> this, or any other Imap/POP3 servers that support a trash folder out
> of the box?
> Thanks.
> 
> On 6/13/2013 7:45 AM, Kerry Hoath wrote:
> >
> >Depends on the mail client.
> >Apple mail and mozilla move messages to trash folder, and I think
> >you can tell outlook etc to do the same.
> >
> >Check under prefs for what happens when you delete messages, this
> >works just fine with dovecot.
> >
> >regards, Kerry.
> >
> >On 13/06/2013 12:08 AM, Jayson Smith wrote:
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>Insight, our ISP, is transitioning to Time Warner. As part of
> >>this transition, we'll get new Email addresses. Our family has
> >>just about decided to switch from using our ISP's Email accounts
> >>to use accounts hosted on our own Linux VPS. The reason being,
> >>we should never have to change Email addresses again, even if
> >>our ISP changes. I'm currently using Sendmail for SMTP, and
> >>Dovecot for POP3 and IMAP. However, if you delete a message
> >>using IMAP, it's gone forever, whereas with our current Insight
> >>mail system, deleted messages go to a Trash folder where you can
> >>retrieve them. Is there a way to set this up in Dovecot, or do I
> >>need a different Email solution? I am already using Maildir
> >>rather than Mbox for server-side mail storage prior to
> >>retrieval/deletion.
> >>Thanks.
> >>Jayson
> >>
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