[SOLVED] Re: Changes don't seem to be getting posted upstream

[Edward Prendergast]

On Fri, Oct 07, 2011 at 09:40:38PM +0100, Edward Prendergast wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 07, 2011 at 08:11:34PM +0100, Edward Prendergast wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 07, 2011 at 08:05:52PM +0100, Edward Prendergast wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > When I delete a message locally using mutt, then purge it, it doesn't
> > > seem to get deleted on the remote server?
> > > 
> > 
> > Actually - I think the culprit may be mutt rather than offlineimap. I've
> > just discovered, if i quit mutt properly (q, rather than just closing
> > the terminal) that the deleted messages finally go...
> > 
> 
> No - I take it back. I've deleted a message, purged, quit mutt, but it's
> still there on the server. Is there something about the bidirectional
> syncing I'm missing?

Looks like this is a known issue:

http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.mail.imap.offlineimap.general/4733