#mailpile doesn't mark anything as read, nor does it really delete emails. Everything just seems to be a tag in its system.
Meanwhile on the email server, all the emails are pristine and untouched which puts #thunderbird in complete disagreement with Mailpile. Maybe it is assumed that users will only use Mailpile and not see the same emails in other places.
@HerraBRE In the default configuration, Mailpile uses IMAPS, which means the emails are still stored on the server. Maybe its a sane default. I will disable the setting "Leave mail on server" once I am comfortable enough with the application.
Hope this application gets Debian packaged soon.
@njoseph Yes, we don't immediately start deleting from the server in case the user decides they don't like Mailpile. The user is prompted to enable deletion after a few weeks of use.
We don't actually want Mailpile in distros like Debian yet, because there are still too many unfinished loose ends. We don't want to have to support it long-term in its current state.
That is why we build our own packages and offer repos that are frequently updated.
@njoseph Pretty much. This may have been a mistake, but the goal is to give people something that makes it feasible to download from the server and not leave all that data in the cloud.
This doesn't appeal to everyone.