[mew-int 2859] Re: How can I delete invalid messages safely?

From: William Gardella <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [mew-int 2853] Re: How can I delete invalid messages safely?
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 11:08:16 -0400
Message-ID: <[email protected]>

> You have two options:
> 
> 1.  Delete the `invalid' message by removing the file in the local folder.
> 

It seems to work. Thank you, William ;-)

> 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?
>>