Mutt Gmail Trash behaviour without custom "trash" patch I configured Mutt to correctly move messages to trash in Gmail (instead of just archiving, which seems to be the default behaviour) using the well-known trash patch: set trash = "imaps://jviottidc@imap.gmail.com/[Gmail]/Trash" Is there a way to configure Mutt to move messages to my Gmail Trash folder _without_ using a custom patch? I'm running: $ mutt -v Mutt 1.6.2 (2016-07-01)

The newest version of mutt now incorporates the trash patch, so simply by upgrading to mutt 1.7.0 or later should give you the desired behavior.

From the ChangeLog for 1.7.0:


+ $trash, when set, specifies the path of the folder where mails
marked for deletion will be moved, instead of being irremediably
purged.
+ The function can be used to delete an entry and
bypass the trash folder.


I've been using the trash patch for a long time (and occasionally updating it to apply to new versions), so this is a welcome addition.