deleted flag maildir sync

[David Bremner]

gras.appart at free.fr writes:

> Hello,
>
> I plan to use notmuch together with isync and an imap account. I would like to be able to delete messages using the IMAP mechanism based on the \Deleted flag and expunge operation.
>
> My idea would to sync the notmuch 'deleted' flag with the 'T' maildir flag, that isync already synchronizes with the \Deleted IMAP flag. The expunge operation is taken care by isync.
>
> I've seen that the 'deleted' flag is excluded from the notmuch maildir sync feature. Could you explain the rationale behind this choice ? (*)

For starters see the commit message for 2c26204

>
> Philippe.
>
> (*) The documentation refers to the mailing list for a discussion of this topic, but I couldn't find the discussion in the archives.

See for example

    https://nmbug.notmuchmail.org/nmweb/show/87mx6sx7ya.fsf%40nikula.org

and following messages

Hope that helps,

d