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Re: enveloppe date updated on attachement deletion!



On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 11:41:29PM -0800, Michael Elkins wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 05:59:07PM +0100, Louis-David Mitterrand wrote:
> > In latest mutt the envelope date (From_) is updated when an attachement
> > is deleted. 
> > 
> > This completely messes up date-received sorting.
> > 
> > I'm using IMAP.
> > 
> > Bug or feature?
> 
> In the IMAP case, Mutt has to upload a new copy of the message without
> the attachment.  There is no way to edit in place like with local
> mailboxes.  Note that in the IMAP case, the From_ line is generated by
> the IMAP server, not by Mutt, since the IMAP server can choose to use
> several mailbox formats.

Isn't attachement deletion part of the IMAP protocol?