dovecot - Jul 2008 - OT: Deleting email

I have a mail server running postfix and then using dovecot so others 
can reach it using imap. I go check mail using thunderbird and delete a 
few emails, emptying the trash afterwards. Then I quit it and access it 
using pine. The deleted emails are still there, marked as marked for 
deletion. I delete a few other emails within pine and quit. It asks to 
delete the marked emails, I tell go for it, and it does. When I go back 
to THunderbird all those emails are gone.

Next I tell thunderbird to mark certain messages as spam and delete 
email I marked as spam. I quit it and go back to pine. The spam marked 
messages which thunderbird swore were deleted are still there.

THis really does not seem to be a dovecot issue, but has someone seen 
that happen? If so, what is going on?

Mauricio Tavares wrote:
> Next I tell thunderbird to mark certain messages as spam and delete 
> email I marked as spam. I quit it and go back to pine. The spam marked 
> messages which thunderbird swore were deleted are still there.
>
In IMAP, message deletion is a two step process. The second part is 
called "expunge", and you do that in Thunderbird by selecting
"Compact"
on a folder. There are options to do it automatically in Account 
Settings, too. Check it out, and ask further questions on a Thunderbird 
list :-).


Cheers,
Anders.