MBOX-Line: From ptao at apple.com Wed Sep 9 12:01:51 2020 To: imap-protocol@u.washington.edu From: Phillip Tao Date: Wed Sep 9 12:02:13 2020 Subject: [Imap-protocol] Any valid use case for COPY besides moving messages? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <9E1B3336-9D01-4B3C-A86E-6532A4EB8190@apple.com> > On Sep 9, 2020, at 1:49 AM, Gary R. Schmidt wrote: > > On 09/09/2020 17:27, Andris Reinman wrote: >> Hi, >> As the subject states, is there actually any valid use case these days for COPY to just copy messages instead of being a poor substitute for MOVE (that is COPY+EXPUNGE)? > I often copy bunches of email to other folders, to other users accounts, and to various archive accounts, after which the messages are *not* deleted, so I would say, "Yes, there are valid use cases for COPY doing *exactly* what the word says." For the latter two examples, a copy to another account would almost certainly be an APPEND, and not actually a COPY. But, I can't imagine that you wouldn't break someone's workflow almost immediately if you implemented this "COPY as alias for MOVE" behavior. - Phillip > > Cheers, > Gary B-) > _______________________________________________ > Imap-protocol mailing list > Imap-protocol@u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/imap-protocol