On Wed, 2004-01-07 at 17:28, Elton Woo wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Wolfgang wrote: > > |On Wed, 2004-01-07 at 13:31, Shi-Ming Chen wrote: > > > |>Thanks for your reply. > |>The instructions is great, and I wonder that can I only expunge the > |>fedora mailing list mail in the *trash* folder? > |> > |>-- > |>Shi-Ming Chen > | > | > |Glad to be of help. But I'm sorry I don't really know what the > |difference is between expunge & delete is. Some one else here on this > > In the case of Evolution "delete" really means "mark for" or "mark as" > deleted. > Expunge means to *really delete* the message off the system. FYI, > Evolution uses > virtual folders, of which the trash bin is one. > > | > |list maybe able to shed some light on this subject. > | > |I have evolution setup to empty the trash bin, when i exit it. As once I > |delete a message I want it deleted and completely removed from the > |system. > | > |Wolf > > When you "delete" a message in Evolution it's actually "marked for > deletion". The process > is only *truly* complete when you expunge it (delete it by _emptying_ > your trash bin). > I hope I've made a sufficiently clear explanation. > > Elton ;-) > > - -- > http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/stats/team/team_4504.html > "You only live once: let's make life BETTER for each other." > LINUX User #193975 [AMD ATHLON CPU] ICQ #149608718. Sounds clear enough. Thanks.... So I've noticed that 'empty trash' seems to do the same thing :-) which was/is what I was using anyway. Wolf
