Re: IMAP pull-and-delete operation

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On Mon, Nov 10, 2025 at 12:33:32PM +0100, Philippe Bruhat (BooK) wrote:
>> isync's purpose is to keep both sides in sync. MaxMessages is a deviation
>> from that. when you push that number down to zero, that's _literally_
>> extreme, and you've gone from syncing to fetching.
>
>Can't the requested workflow be simply scripted as:
>- synchronize with isync (getting all the emails from the remote)
>- move all the email to a non-synchronized folder (emptying the local)
>- synchronize again (removing all emails from the remote)

...yes, I suppose so. Is the MaxMessages code so buggy or poorly tested
that it's necessary, though?