Re: cyrus imapd 3.x - cannot physically delete messages from mailbox

Hi,

> Hello,
>
> I noticed the weird issue on 3.x - I cannot delete messages from my
> mailbox: when I click "delete" from Thunderbird/Roundcube - message
> disappears, but I can still see it in the mailbox directory on a
> filesystem. If I move it to another folder and back - it starts to
> multiply in both directories on the filesystem, while being correctly
> shown in Thunderbird/Roundcube as gone.
>
> If I delete the cyrus.* files in the mailbox and reconstruct the folder
> - the invisible messages magically appear back in Thunderbird/Roundcube,
> bit I'm still unable to physically delete them.
>
> No errors logged in the logs while doing this. This is reproducible in
> 3.4 and 3.8.
>
> What is this weird phenomenon ?

In short, it's not a bug, it's a feature :)

You'll find explanations when reading the documentation about the
'delete_mode' and 'expunge_mode' configuration options.

Regards,
Simon


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