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Remove mail from label Inbox after Copy

Nov 22 '12 at 21:19

Is there any way to Remove the label for the Inbox mailbox after using the copy function, so the message stops appearing in the inbox?


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I don't understand this question. Is this for IMAP or POP3? What do you mean by "label"? Also, what do you mean by "appearing in Inbox"? Is this related to GMail?


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Yep, related to Gmail, for IMAP, after using the copy fonction to copy the message in a new mailbox, it seems there's only 1 copy of the message on the server, but linked to both mailbox, so if I do do delete the copy in "Inbox", the message is also deleted from the new mailbox, seems gmail recognize it's the same message and simply applies a new label on it so if appears in the new mailbox


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Still interested to find out the answer, but no rush, I found another way around. I fetch the email, then I save it locally in a temp folder, I delete the message on the Imap server then reload the saved message and upload a new copy in the corresponding folder


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I would recommend reading these Chilkat blog posts regarding GMail -- they might help explain what you are seeing:

http://www.cknotes.com/?p=218

http://www.cknotes.com/?p=148

http://www.cknotes.com/?p=345