[mew-int 2854] Re: How can I delete invalid messages safely?

[vvoody]

From: Will <gardellawg at example.com>
Subject: [mew-int 2853] Re: How can I delete invalid messages safely?
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 04:07:05 -0400 (EDT)
Message-ID: <20100323.040705.235180930.gardellawg at example.com>

> Hi vvoody,
> 
> If you sync the %[Gmail]/All mail folder by pressing s, the messages will
> no longer appear as "invalid," and deleting or refiling them will then
> be correctly applied to your messages on the gmail server.
> Unfortunately, the sync can, of course, take a while if you have not
> done it recently.
> 

Although the invalid messages disappears, Mew retrieves the messages after 
pressing 's' and choosing 'update'...

What's up?

> Best regards,
> Will
> 
> From: vvoody <wxj.g.sh at example.com>
> Subject: [mew-int 2852] How can I delete invalid messages safely?
> Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:58:22 +0800 (CST)
> 
>> Hi guys ;-)
>> 
>> Gmail is my daily email service provider. I have still subscribed the
>> 'All mail', so after reading the messages in the '%inbox', I can refile
>> them to '%[Gmail]/All mail' just like 'Archive' in Gmail's web page.
>> 
>> But there will still be invalid messages in the '%[Gmail]/All mail' 
>> after doing the operation above. And there will be more and more messages
>> in the folder. I just wanna 'Archive' them to the Gmail IMAP server and
>> I do not want to see and need them off-line.
>> 
>> According the info, it talks about deleting invalid message off-line.
>> I can't figure out whether the `s' operation is safe or not. Most of 
>> the time I use Mew online and refile the messages in '%inbox' by `o' & `x'
>> not `lx'.
>> 
>> Can I just remove the messages files in the directory like 
>> '~/Mail/#imap/foobar at example.com@imap.gmail.com#imap/[Gmail]/All Mail'
>> 
>> or is there any way to not show the invalid messages in '%[Gmail]/All Mail'
>> and keep my refiled messages safely in the IMAP server?
>> 
>> Best regard!