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Re:Leaving Google’s silo: Alternatives to Gmail, Talk, Calen... by zrail on Tuesday May 21, 2013 @05:53PM (#5747167)
Does Fastmail.FM have the equivalent of the "Archive" action in Gmail? Mail.app on OS X and on iPhone seem to play well with Archive and it's not something that I really want to give up.
Re:Leaving Google’s silo: Alternatives to Gmail, Talk, Calen... by masnick on Tuesday May 21, 2013 @06:03PM (#5747226)
YES! And Mail.app on OS X actually works better with FastMail's Archive than it ever did with Gmail's (in my experience).

Here's a screenshot from Mail.app: https://files.app.net/1/79773/aTOWGMJ-rQ2Js_Edg-CWLi5FsLEVYq...

I either never knew that existed when I tried Mail.app with Gmail or it didn't work. In any case, it works perfectly with FastMail's "Archive" folder.

Re:Leaving Google’s silo: Alternatives to Gmail, Talk, Calen... by jfb on Tuesday May 21, 2013 @06:04PM (#5747233)
No, and it's really annoying. I have an "Archive" mailbox in my Fastmail account, and Mail on both OS X and iOS recognize it as special (they give it the same "archive" icon as a GMail account), but don't override the 'delete' function. I haven't found a Radar for it, but I imagine that many of same have been closed as "works as designed".
Re:Leaving Google’s silo: Alternatives to Gmail, Talk, Calen... by brongondwana on Wednesday May 22, 2013 @01:18AM (#5749042)
Surely "Delete" is more "Move to Trash"?

In our web interface, there are two buttons - one moves to Trash, the other to the Archive folder.

Re:Leaving Google’s silo: Alternatives to Gmail, Talk, Calen... by jfb on Wednesday May 22, 2013 @07:10AM (#5749988)
I don't use webmail; I was referring to the way that iOS recoginizes GMail's "All Mail" and overrides the delete function.
Re:Leaving Google’s silo: Alternatives to Gmail, Talk, Calen... by eridius on Tuesday May 21, 2013 @06:18PM (#5747334)
Mail.app's "Archive" isn't the same as Gmail's. In Gmail, it just removes it from the current mailbox but leaves it in All Mail. Mail.app actually moves it to a specially-named IMAP folder.
Re:Leaving Google’s silo: Alternatives to Gmail, Talk, Calen... by kryptiskt on Tuesday May 21, 2013 @06:06PM (#5747240)
Yes, there is an archive button. There is a difference, mail in Fastmail is in traditional IMAP folders and don't use tags as folders, I assume that you just tell the mail client not to download the archive folder.
Re:Leaving Google’s silo: Alternatives to Gmail, Talk, Calen... by MatthewPhillips on Tuesday May 21, 2013 @06:05PM (#5747236)
Yes, it has Archive.