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 (Simon Josefsson's message of "Thu, 27 Sep 2001 10:43:58 +0200 (CEST)")
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Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com> wrote:
> Yes, since nnimap doesn't support `nnchoke-request-move-article' (it is
> impossible to implement in IMAP) Gnus does retrieve+delete instead, and
> the delete code move things into the expiry-target.

Couldn't nnimap just do the retrieve+delete within
-request-move-article?  That's pretty much what other backends do,
right?


paul