Gmail IMAP Spam and Trash?

Hello, all.
I access Gmail through IMAP using Apple Mail. According to this document:
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=77657&topic=12762
when I delete a message in \[Gmail]/Spam or \[Gmail]/Trash, Gmail is supposed to delete the message forever. Sadly, it doesn't; it simply marks the message as read.
Has anyone else experienced this? Am I just an idiot?
Thanks in advance,
Raj

I'd think most people would want to use offlineimap for that.
Last edited by byte (2011-10-16 13:13:49)

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