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MBOX-Line: From grschmidt at acm.org Wed Sep 9 01:49:43 2020
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To: imap-protocol@u.washington.edu
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From: "Gary R. Schmidt" <grschmidt@acm.org>
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Date: Wed Sep 9 01:50:13 2020
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Subject: [Imap-protocol] Any valid use case for COPY besides moving
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messages?
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In-Reply-To: <CAPacwgy_1WJd5TLRDbykTnzfwv9hgcTLzBQZte5=bMRK-RUFLQ@mail.gmail.com>
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References: <CAPacwgy_1WJd5TLRDbykTnzfwv9hgcTLzBQZte5=bMRK-RUFLQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Message-ID: <cf5ca346-0ff8-831d-7dc4-4027803f6e82@acm.org>
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On 09/09/2020 17:27, Andris Reinman wrote:
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> Hi,
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> As the subject states, is there actually any valid use case these days
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> for COPY to just copy messages instead of being a poor substitute for
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> MOVE (that is COPY+EXPUNGE)?
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>
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I often copy bunches of email to other folders, to other users accounts,
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and to various archive accounts, after which the messages are *not*
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deleted, so I would say, "Yes, there are valid use cases for COPY doing
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*exactly* what the word says."
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Cheers,
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Gary B-)
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