[mew-int 2858] Re: How can I delete invalid messages safely?

You have two options:

1.  Delete the `invalid' message by removing the file in the local folder.

or

2.  Periodically enter %[Gmail]/All Mail and press `s' (update) and then the
#-marked messages will sync up with the server and become normal messages.

On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 12:42 AM, vvoody <[email protected]> wrote:

> From: Will <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [mew-int 2853] Re: How can I delete invalid messages safely?
> Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:07:37 -0400 (EDT)
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
>
> > As far as I understand it, an "invalid" message is simply one in your
> > local mail folder whose existence Mew has not yet verified on the IMAP
> > server.  Once Mew updates the folder containing the "invalid" message,
> > it's no longer invalid, and if you delete or refile the messages, the
> IMAP
> > server will be updated as well.
> >
> > I guess I'm not clear on what you want...
> >
>
> Hi Will~
>
> 1. Make 'All Mail' show in IMAP in GMail's setting
> 2. Update Mew by `C-uZ'
> 3. Go into %inbox and use `s'(update) to retrieve some messages
> 4. Refile one message to 'All Mail' by `o' and choosing '%[Gmail]/All Mail'
> 5. Press `x', you will see the following lines one by one in mini buffer:
>
>   Communicating with the IMAP server...
>   Refiling 1 message in background...
>   1 message refile
>
> 6. Go into '%[Gmail]/All Mail', you will see the refiled message in it
>   with a '#' mark.
>
> What I want is not showing the invalid messages in the '%[Gmail]/All Mail'.
> And HOW can I remove the invalid messages if they exist?
>
> > From: vvoody <[email protected]>
> > Subject: Re: [mew-int 2853] Re: How can I delete invalid messages safely?
> > Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:45:19 +0800 (CST)
> >
> >> From: Will <[email protected]>
> >> Subject: [mew-int 2853] Re: How can I delete invalid messages safely?
> >> Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 04:07:05 -0400 (EDT)
> >> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
> >>
> >>> Hi vvoody,
> >>>
> >>> If you sync the %[Gmail]/All mail folder by pressing s, the messages
> will
> >>> no longer appear as "invalid," and deleting or refiling them will then
> >>> be correctly applied to your messages on the gmail server.
>