Re: Move to Gmail-trash instead of deleting

Can getmail watch the Trash-folder instead of Inbox? If yes, then I can
create a filter that will move the relevant emails directly to trash.
However:

I've tried changing mailboxes = ("INBOX",) to mailboxes = ("TRASH",) in
getmailrc.

And at the same time changing
ExecStart=/usr/bin/getmail --rcfile=/home/daniel/.getmail/getmailrc --idle
INBOX
to
ExecStart=/usr/bin/getmail --rcfile=/home/daniel/.getmail/getmailrc --idle
TRASH
in my .service file

I get the following info from getmail:
mailbox TRASH not selectable (TRASH) - verify the mailbox exists and you
have sufficient permissions

Does Gmail have a different name for the Trash-folder?





On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 7:50 AM Kia Niskavaara <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
> On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 4:09 PM Kia Niskavaara <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
>
> Even though I changed the setting in gmail, they are still in the All mail
> folder and not in Trash.
>
> The setting in Gmail say it will be moved to trash: "when a message is
> marked as deleted and expunged from the last visible imap folder".
>
> Not sure how to "expunge from the last visible imap folder". What does
> that mean? And is it possible to achieve this with getmail?
>
> So far I have only used delete = True in getmailrc. Can move_on_delete
> move the mail to the gmail trash folder?
>
> Thanks
>