From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.4 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 8987 invoked from network); 9 May 2022 17:00:58 -0000 Received: from lists.gnu.org (209.51.188.17) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 9 May 2022 17:00:58 -0000 Received: from localhost ([::1]:60450 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1no6ki-0007kN-Ke for ml@inbox.vuxu.org; Mon, 09 May 2022 13:00:56 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:37998) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1no6kd-0007hP-3m for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Mon, 09 May 2022 13:00:51 -0400 Received: from mail.ericabrahamsen.net ([52.70.2.18]:37102) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1no6kb-0004Rq-G7 for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Mon, 09 May 2022 13:00:50 -0400 Received: from localhost (c-71-197-232-41.hsd1.wa.comcast.net [71.197.232.41]) (Authenticated sender: eric@ericabrahamsen.net) by mail.ericabrahamsen.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1E886FA08F; Mon, 9 May 2022 17:00:47 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ericabrahamsen.net; s=mail; t=1652115647; bh=zYo2q6pHq5vA+uXlS++VL8VTt9ZpyyuNbijB8Ko1DJ8=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=Wn6kwlDdvPve1ezyg+eCgSxfV/XxfFE8g08f9CSfFIbBvcag3fEWfq4GYwR7b9RRz GIqcgxK6I4NE4VUzVqe6hvHaTg3SnBHjuIRpefh6dg0RK6VTZKHrMn0tMEURSYKf7s UAj4zw5RA2Q68LLNZACP53qjWCVlirgAAx1QsNOg= From: Eric Abrahamsen To: Michael Heerdegen Cc: info-gnus-english@gnu.org Subject: Re: G g and delete mails with Emacs References: <87bkwaqibi.fsf@web.de> Date: Mon, 09 May 2022 10:00:45 -0700 In-Reply-To: <87bkwaqibi.fsf@web.de> (Michael Heerdegen's message of "Sat, 07 May 2022 02:48:01 +0200") Message-ID: <87mtfqprnm.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Received-SPF: pass client-ip=52.70.2.18; envelope-from=eric@ericabrahamsen.net; helo=mail.ericabrahamsen.net X-Spam_score_int: -43 X-Spam_score: -4.4 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.4 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Announcements and discussions for GNUS, the GNU Emacs Usenet newsreader \(in English\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: info-gnus-english-bounces+ml=inbox.vuxu.org@gnu.org Sender: "info-gnus-english" Michael Heerdegen writes: > Hello, > > since threads are not a super reliable way to find all messages related > to a discussion, I decided to try to delete related messages in my > INBOX (consulted via imap) like the following: > > I use G g to create a search group, open it, process mark the messages I > want to archive, and use b to move the messages to my local archive > folder. > > But after that procedure, those messages are still available in my INBOX > (and displayed prefixed with "O"). > > Is there a way to vary this procedure so that those messages on the imap > server are deleted? I'm not the one to make this decision, but this sounds like it might be potentially surprising behavior to users, maybe something that should be behind a user option similar to `nnselect-allow-ephemeral-expiry'.