I was trying to delete a fairly large number of emails from my Inbox in Thunderbird (using imap) and it was trying to move them Inbox.Trash. I don't normally mind this, but it wasn't working and I really don't want to keep the messages, if I delete something, I don't need a history of it. I found the setting in the accounts options to "mark message as deleted" but then I couldn't find an Expunge or Purge button or menu option anywhere. I googled it as I usually do and found that Thunderbird doesn't have a way of doing this other than setting it to expunge when shutting down Thunderbird. A little more digging and I found the Purge plugin:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/1792
I've added the "Purge" button to my toolbar and now when I delete a message, it crosses it out and when I click the "Purge" button it deletes the messages permanently.
Michelle Trusty
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