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Edward Ned Harvey wrote: > If you find something, please be sure to post back here. Ah, nice to see others are looking for a solution. I haven't tested this, but I have a speculative solution that could work if these assumptions apply: -you're using Gmail essentially as an SMTP relay, and immediately pulling messages from Gmail to some client machine; -Gmail's (somewhat recently introduced) option to have it delete messages completely (expunge) when the client moves them out of the Gmail IMAP folders works as expected; -Gmail doesn't use a separate, perpetual database of message IDs, or in other words, forgets a message ID if the corresponding message is purged. That's a lot of ifs, and even if they all work, it invalidates the benefits of using IMAP and server-side storage, which will defeat the purpose of using Gmail for many people. It also could prove to be unreliable, as it depends on your client being perpetually connected to Gmail, and its ability to pull down and delete a received message before its duplicate arrives. I guess the next step is to post to some Google forum and hold my breath waiting for Google to add an option. -Tom -- Tom Metro Venture Logic, Newton, MA, USA "Enterprise solutions through open source." Professional Profile: http://tmetro.venturelogic.com/
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