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I just realized my email mailbox is full. (I'm using IMAP) I looked at my emails and saw two with a size of 21MB. I wanted to delete them but whenever I try to delete I get this message from sever

UID COPY: Quota exceeded (mailbox for user is full)

I think that's the case because all mail clients I am using are trying to move the mail into a "Trash" folder, and moving consist of "copying the mail and then deleting the original mail" in imap. (That means that my mailbox would need to store additional 21MB for a short time)

I tried it using the Mac Mail, the iOS Mail and Roundcube Webmail 0.9.5. Is there any way to delete the email without moving it first?

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  • Use the shorcut to permenantly delete the email so you have remove to 'copy and delete" other emails.
    – Ramhound
    Aug 27, 2014 at 11:38
  • @Ramhound I'm not sure where I should find this shortcut? In Mac Mail?
    – idmean
    Aug 27, 2014 at 11:40

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I finally found the option in Mac OS X Mail to delete a message without moving it to the trash folder:

You have to uncheck "Move deleted messages to Trash mailbox" under Preferences > Accounts > Mailbox Behaviors then the mails are directly deleted.

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