Thunderbird & Gmail

Belnahua

Hi,

This is getting to me; just wish I had more time to fix it, which is why I am asking for some help please!

I have Thunderbird 2 using Google Mail on IMAP.

All working okay, except the deletion of emails!

When I delete an email in Thunderbird it goes into Deleted; fine so far; but when I empty the trash bin in Thunderbird, it puts it all back into the folders in GMail!

I can get round it by deleting the trash in Gmail manually, but I'd rather Thunderbird did it!

What setting am I missing?

Thanks.

kingmonkey

http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=78892#

Seems to be a known issue

As a general rule, we suggest the following.
Sending:

• Do NOT save sent messages on the server. If your client is sending mail through Gmail's SMTP server, your sent messages will be automatically copied to the [Gmail]/Sent Mail folder.
• DO save draft messages on the server. If you want your drafts in your mail client to sync correctly with Gmail's web interface, set your client to save drafts to the [Gmail]/Drafts folder.

Deleting:

• Do NOT save deleted messages on the server. Messages that are deleted from an IMAP folder (except for those in [Gmail]/Spam or [Gmail]/Trash) only have that label removed and still exist in All Mail. Hence, your client doesn't need to store an extra copy of a deleted message.
• Do NOT save deleted messages to your [Gmail]/Trash folder because this will delete a message in all folders.
• Do NOT save deleted messages to your [Gmail]/All Mail folder as some clients will try to empty this folder and ultimately fail. This can lead to delayed mail access or unnecessary battery consumption on a mobile device.

Junk mail and spam:

• Do NOT enable your client's junk mail filters. Gmail's spam filters also work in your IMAP client, and we recommend turning off any additional anti-spam or junk mail filters within your client. Your client's filter will attempt to download and classify all of your existing messages, which may slow down your client until the process is complete.