I ran into this same problem with a different mail client a long time ago
(forget which one).  I had to exit out of the program, and upon exit, it
would actually delete the files.  It turned out that there was an option you
could set to manipulate this behavior.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon Schewe [mailto:jpschewe at mtu.net]
> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 5:28 PM
> To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org
> Subject: [TCLUG] Staroffice for IMAP mail?
> 
> 
> I started playing around using Staroffice 5.2 for a mail 
> client to connect to
> my IMAP server.  Everything's going ok then I realize it 
> can't delete messages
> from the server.  You can say delete and they disappear from 
> view, but they're
> still on the server.  Anyone know a way around this or is 
> Staroffice just
> broken? 
> 
> -- 
> Jon Schewe | http://mtu.net/~jpschewe | jpschewe at mtu.net
> For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels 
> nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any 
> powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all 
> creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that 
> is in Christ Jesus our Lord. - Romans 8:38-39
> 
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