Re: Move to Gmail-trash instead of deleting

On 16/06/2020 16:20, Kia Niskavaara wrote:
> 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?
> 
Maybe try "bin"?

Google are worse than Microsoft when it comes to ignoring any sort of 
standards[1], which is one reason I don't rely on them for much apart 
from searching.

	Cheers,
		Gary	B-)

1 - I'm still on the IMAP mailing lists, some of the justifications 
were... inventive?