Re: Move to Gmail-trash instead of deleting

On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 3:22 PM Charles Cazabon <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Kia Niskavaara <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > I'm using getmail with Gmail IMAP and SimpleIMAPSSLRetriever.
> >
> > I've tried using 'delete = True' in config, and as suspected this deletes
> > the mail in Gmail.
> >
> > However, I would like to move it from Gmail-Inbox to Gmail-Trash instead
> of
> > deleting. This is normal Gmail behaviour when clicking the Trash-symbol
> in
> > the web interface. Is this possible with getmail also?
>
> Yes.  getmail's built-in support is the move_on_delete option - it's
> documented under common retriever parameters.  Set delete and
> move_on_delete
> and you will get what you want.
>
> I also think (not sure) that this can be controlled with a Gmail
> preference.
> I thought by default, IMAP client deletes were moved to Trash instead of
> being
> deleted - perhaps you changed that setting?  Or Gmail have changed the
> default.
>
> Charles
>

Thanks! I found the setting in Gmail now. By default deleted mail gets
moved to archive. So I changed it to "send to trash" and now it seems to be
working as needed.

Thanks again