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Re: Can't delete messages marked to delete in Maildir



* Patrick Ben Koetter <p@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> * Kyle Wheeler <kyle-mutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > On Wednesday, November 28 at 11:26 AM, quoth Patrick Ben Koetter:
> > > * Kyle Wheeler <kyle-mutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > >> On Wednesday, November 28 at 10:09 AM, quoth Patrick Ben Koetter:
> > >>> I have the following configuration:
> > >>>
> > >>> set delete = yes 
> > >>> set folder = "~/.Maildir" 
> > >>> set maildir_trash = yes 
> > >>> set mbox = "~/.Maildir" 
> > >>> set mbox_type = "Maildir" 
> > >>> set spoolfile = "~/.Maildir"
> > >>>
> > >>> When I mark a message to be deleted in my Maildir mailbox it won't be 
> > >>> deleted.
> > >> 
> > >> What does it do instead of being deleted? Does it mark the messages in 
> > >> any way? When are you expecting the message to actually be deleted? 
> > >
> > > Yes, it marks the message with a capital "D".
> > 
> > ... okay. Let's be a bit more explicit. Is this (let's say "case A") 
> > the sequence?:
> > 
> >      1. launch mutt
> >      2. mark a message for deletion
> >      3. sync the mailbox (e.g. by triggering the <sync> function,
> >           commonly bound to the $ key)
> >      4. message is still there
> 
> Yes, A is my case.
> 
> > If the former is the case, then I'd suspect that you may have some 
> > hooks or something that are altering your $delete setting without you 

I've removed /etc/Muttrc and in ~/.muttrc there is no hook configured. The
problem remains them same. A message marked for deletion will not be deleted
upon regular exit or when I try to sync the mailbox using the $ command.

Any ideas? Need more info, such as version and build options?

TIA,

p@rick




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