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MBOX-Line: From grschmidt at acm.org Wed Sep 9 01:49:43 2020
To: imap-protocol@u.washington.edu
From: "Gary R. Schmidt" <grschmidt@acm.org>
Date: Wed Sep 9 01:50:13 2020
Subject: [Imap-protocol] Any valid use case for COPY besides moving
messages?
In-Reply-To: <CAPacwgy_1WJd5TLRDbykTnzfwv9hgcTLzBQZte5=bMRK-RUFLQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAPacwgy_1WJd5TLRDbykTnzfwv9hgcTLzBQZte5=bMRK-RUFLQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <cf5ca346-0ff8-831d-7dc4-4027803f6e82@acm.org>
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."
Cheers,
Gary B-)