'double' message with gmail IMAP?

[LuKreme]

On 12-Nov-2007, at 06:36, Mark Smith wrote:
> On 12.11.2007, at 13:45, Paul Sargent wrote:
>> On 12 Nov 2007, at 12:34, LuKreme wrote:
>>> So, I have been using gmail's IMAP for a bit now and I am noticing  
>>> that messages for mailing lists show up both in the gmail INBOX  
>>> and in the gmail folder for the appropriate tag.  This means that  
>>> I see (and am storing cached locally) two of every message to my  
>>> gmail account.

>> I think this is just a fact of life when using GMail IMAP. Labels  
>> and Folders don't match up one to one
>
> // not intended to be patronizing, but maybe the background is  
> unclear for some folks //
>
> A single gmail IMAP message is considered a member of all the IMAP- 
> mapped "label folders" for which it is flagged (tagged). Inbox  
> membership is one of those flags in gmail. So is "sent"^[1].

Yes, but if this was handled properly, when I read a message in  
'Inbox' it would immediately be read in the label folders.  This is  
not the case, Mail.app has TWO COPIES of the message.

> There are no *real* duplicates - only in the client-side cache and I  
> assume these are only generated when you poll the folders of which  
> they are members. You can minimize this by using cunning smart  
> folders to view your gmail IMAP messages - though not on the iPhone.

Right, but the functional upshot of all this is that I see every  
message at least twice when reading mail, except for those messages  
that are tagged only as 'Inbox'.

I don't know who's 'fault' it is, but I suspect it is a combination of  
Apple's rather lax support for IMAP and gmail's rather odd IMAP.

-- 
[The PSP] could have voice recognition too, so when you go  
"nyuuurrrrrrrr-uuuuuurrrrrrrrrrr-uuuuuuurrrrrrrrr" you go faster, and  
when you go "Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii" you stop