Thanks for your feedback. I agree that IMAP has the potential
to become the de facto email protocol of the future.
Coming from a long established POP mail background, I found
IMAP to be a bit sluggish when I tried it last.
You may want to post your WLM IMAP problem in the WLM
newsgroup: microsoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop
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Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP
"Martin Davies" <martin@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Thanks for that tip. Having read the link below, I've now worked out what
> you have to do, in order not to have messages purged as soon as they are
> deleted.
>
> Enabling Correct IMAP Delete Functionality in Windows Mail:
>
> 1) In Tools->Options->Advanced Tab: Uncheck 'Use Deleted Items folder with
> IMAP accounts
> 2) In View->Current View sub-menu, there is now the menu item: ''Show
> Deleted Items". If that is checked, all deleted items now appear in the
> IMAP Inbox with a line through them, otherwise they are hidden.
> 3) In the Edit menu, there are are now 2 new items: 'Undelete' and 'Purge
> Deleted Message'. Choose the latter to purge any deleted any messages
> from the inbox.
>
> This is the functionality I was originally looking for.
>
> BTW, I cannot get the above to work in Windows Live Mail!!!
>
> So I recommend Windows Mail, rather than Windows Live Mail, for IMAP
> accounts.
>
> If you select 'Tools->Options->Advanced Tab->Use Deleted Items folder with
> IMAP accounts', this does not actually move any deleted messages to the
> Deleted Items folder.
>
> I guess I'm now the Windows Mail IMAP expert!!!
>
> BTW, I would recommend IMAP over POP3 email any day (assuming you have a
> mail client that supports IMAP properly!). It's especially good if you
> want to check your personal email on multiple computers (e.g. at work and
> at home) and ensure they are all synchronised (you don't get this with
> POP3).
>
> Martin
>
>
> "Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Did you try unchecking that option? That seems to be the
>> correct method, according to
>> http://email.about.com/od/outlookexp...de_deleted.htm
>>
>> As Robert indicates, we have few (if any) IMAP experts here.
>>
>> --
>> Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP
>>
>>
>> "Martin" <martin@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I've already tried that (it's checked by default). It makes no
>>> difference. In fact, whenever I have deleted messages in Outlook from
>>> this account, they stay in the inbox, but with a line through them till
>>> they are purged.
>>>
>>> Does IMAP message deleting work correctly for you (or anyone else
>>> reading this)?
>>>
>>> Martin
>>>
>>> <robertmiles@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:OJfpH8buIHA.5244@xxxxxx
>>>>
>>>> "Martin" <martin@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>>>> Whenever I delete a message from my inbox, rather than appearing with
>>>>> a line through it, or being sent to the trash folder it gets
>>>>> permanently deleted. This happens whatever options I choose in the
>>>>> advanced IMAP options. Also running Windows Mail as administrator
>>>>> makes no difference (I'm using Vista Ultimate).
>>>>>
>>>>> I get the expected IMAP delete functionality when using the same
>>>>> account with Outlook 2000 and Outlook 2003, so I assume this is a bug
>>>>> in Windows Mail.
>>>> Outlook is part of software packages that cost enough extra that
>>>> Microsoft
>>>> does not want to make all of its features available in programs that
>>>> come as
>>>> part of Vista or at no extra cost.
>>>>
>>>> To have the deleted messages moved to the Deleted Items folder, click
>>>> on
>>>> Tools, then Options, then Advanced. If there is no checkmark in the
>>>> box
>>>> before Use the 'Deleted Items' folder with IMAP accounts, click on this
>>>> box, then Apply. Click on OK.
>>>>
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