[Users] How to purge deletions?

[Darko K.]

On Sat, 12 Nov 2016 20:52:36 -0500 Steve Litt wrote:

> On deletions, I *don't* use the "move to trash immediately" feature,
> so my deleted emails are simply marked. I like that better in case of
> accidental deletions.
> 
> However, it seems like those marked deletions stay in my folders
> forever, with no way of getting rid of them. I can use "hide deleted"
> to hide them, but when I uncheck and recheck "hide deleted", the old
> deleted emails are visible while there's no hiding.
> 
> [... snip ...]
> 
> Does anyone have any tips how to purge very old deletions while
> retaining the "modern" ones?
> 
Right click on a message marked for deletion and select Mark -> Unmark
to remove the flag (or any other such flag, move to folder for
example). I believe the default keybinding for this operation is U.

Regards,
                          Darko