diff -pruN2 mutt-1.3.27.orig/commands.c mutt-1.3.27/commands.c
--- mutt-1.3.27.orig/commands.c	Mon Dec  3 11:17:57 2001
+++ mutt-1.3.27/commands.c	Wed Jan 23 22:33:11 2002
@@ -616,9 +616,13 @@ void _mutt_save_message (HEADER *h, CONT
     mutt_parse_mime_message (Context, h);
 
-  if (mutt_append_message (ctx, Context, h, cmflags, chflags) == 0 && delete)
+  if (mutt_append_message (ctx, Context, h, cmflags, chflags) == 0)
   {
-    mutt_set_flag (Context, h, M_DELETE, 1);
-    if (option (OPTDELETEUNTAG))
-      mutt_set_flag (Context, h, M_TAG, 0);
+    if (delete)
+    {
+      mutt_set_flag (Context, h, M_DELETE, 1);
+      if (option (OPTDELETEUNTAG))
+	mutt_set_flag (Context, h, M_TAG, 0);
+    }
+    mutt_set_flag (Context, h, M_APPENDED, 1);
   }
 }
diff -pruN2 mutt-1.3.27.orig/flags.c mutt-1.3.27/flags.c
--- mutt-1.3.27.orig/flags.c	Tue Jan 15 22:12:59 2002
+++ mutt-1.3.27/flags.c	Wed Jan 23 22:33:11 2002
@@ -76,4 +76,15 @@ void _mutt_set_flag (CONTEXT *ctx, HEADE
       break;
 
+    case M_APPENDED:
+      if (bf)
+      {
+	if (!h->appended)
+	{
+	  h->appended = 1;
+	  if (upd_ctx) ctx->appended++;
+	}
+      }
+      break;
+
     case M_NEW:
       if (bf)
diff -pruN2 mutt-1.3.27.orig/globals.h mutt-1.3.27/globals.h
--- mutt-1.3.27.orig/globals.h	Thu Jan  3 21:56:46 2002
+++ mutt-1.3.27/globals.h	Wed Jan 23 22:33:11 2002
@@ -110,4 +110,5 @@ WHERE char *Status;
 WHERE char *Tempdir;
 WHERE char *Tochars;
+WHERE char *TrashPath;
 WHERE char *Username;
 WHERE char *Visual;
diff -pruN2 mutt-1.3.27.orig/init.h mutt-1.3.27/init.h
--- mutt-1.3.27.orig/init.h	Mon Dec 10 11:09:03 2001
+++ mutt-1.3.27/init.h	Wed Jan 23 22:33:11 2002
@@ -2236,4 +2236,11 @@ struct option_t MuttVars[] = {
   ** was sent to a mailing-list you subscribe to (default: L).
   */
+  { "trash",		DT_PATH, R_NONE, UL &TrashPath, 0 },
+  /*
+  ** .pp
+  ** If set, this variable specifies the path of the trash folder where the
+  ** mails marked for deletion will be moved, instead of being irremediably
+  ** purged.
+  */
 #ifdef USE_SOCKET
   { "tunnel",            DT_STR, R_NONE, UL &Tunnel, UL 0 },
diff -pruN2 mutt-1.3.27.orig/mutt.h mutt-1.3.27/mutt.h
--- mutt-1.3.27.orig/mutt.h	Tue Jan 15 22:00:32 2002
+++ mutt-1.3.27/mutt.h	Wed Jan 23 22:33:11 2002
@@ -185,4 +185,5 @@ enum
   M_UNDELETE,
   M_DELETED,
+  M_APPENDED,
   M_FLAG,
   M_TAG,
@@ -618,4 +619,5 @@ typedef struct header
   unsigned int flagged : 1; 		/* marked important? */
   unsigned int tagged : 1;
+  unsigned int appended : 1; /* has been saved */
   unsigned int deleted : 1;
   unsigned int changed : 1;
@@ -740,4 +742,5 @@ typedef struct
   int unread;			/* how many unread messages? */
   int deleted;			/* how many deleted messages */
+  int appended;                 /* how many saved messages? */
   int flagged;			/* how many flagged messages */
   int msgnotreadyet;		/* which msg "new" in pager, -1 if none */
diff -pruN2 mutt-1.3.27.orig/mx.c mutt-1.3.27/mx.c
--- mutt-1.3.27.orig/mx.c	Tue Jan 15 22:09:53 2002
+++ mutt-1.3.27/mx.c	Wed Jan 23 22:33:11 2002
@@ -816,4 +816,45 @@ static int sync_mailbox (CONTEXT *ctx, i
 }
 
+/* move deleted mails to the trash folder */
+static int trash_append (CONTEXT *ctx)
+{
+    CONTEXT *ctx_trash;
+    int i;
+    struct stat st, stc;
+
+    if (!TrashPath || !ctx->deleted)
+      return 0;
+
+    if (!mutt_save_confirm (TrashPath, &st))
+    {
+      mutt_error _("message(s) not deleted");
+      return -1;
+    }
+
+    if (lstat (ctx->path, &stc) == 0 && stc.st_ino == st.st_ino
+	&& stc.st_dev == st.st_dev && stc.st_rdev == st.st_rdev)
+      return 0;  /* we are in the trash folder: simple sync */
+
+    if ((ctx_trash = mx_open_mailbox (TrashPath, M_APPEND, NULL)) != NULL)
+    {
+      for (i = 0 ; i < ctx->msgcount ; i++)
+	if (ctx->hdrs[i]->deleted && !ctx->hdrs[i]->appended
+	    && mutt_append_message (ctx_trash, ctx, ctx->hdrs[i], 0, 0) == -1)
+	  {
+	    mx_close_mailbox (ctx_trash, NULL);
+	    return -1;
+	  }
+
+      mx_close_mailbox (ctx_trash, NULL);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      mutt_error _("Can't open trash folder");
+      return -1;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
 /* save changes and close mailbox */
 int mx_close_mailbox (CONTEXT *ctx, int *index_hint)
@@ -999,9 +1040,17 @@ int mx_close_mailbox (CONTEXT *ctx, int 
     if (ctx->changed || ctx->deleted)
     {
-      if ((check = sync_mailbox (ctx, index_hint)) != 0)
+      int trsh = 0;
+
+      if ((!ctx->deleted || (trsh = trash_append (ctx)) == 0)
+	&& (check = sync_mailbox (ctx, index_hint)) != 0)
       {
 	ctx->closing = 0;
 	return check;
       }
+      if (trsh != 0)
+      {
+	ctx->closing = 0;
+	return -1;
+      }
     }
   }
@@ -1174,6 +1223,10 @@ int mx_sync_mailbox (CONTEXT *ctx, int *
     rc = imap_sync_mailbox (ctx, purge, index_hint);
   else
-#endif
+#endif /* enter this block unconditionally if IMAP is not used */
+  {
+    if (trash_append (ctx) == -1)
+      return -1;
     rc = sync_mailbox (ctx, index_hint);
+  }
   if (rc == 0)
   {
diff -pruN2 mutt-1.3.27.orig/postpone.c mutt-1.3.27/postpone.c
--- mutt-1.3.27.orig/postpone.c	Mon Dec  3 11:17:57 2001
+++ mutt-1.3.27/postpone.c	Wed Jan 23 22:33:11 2002
@@ -271,4 +271,7 @@ int mutt_get_postponed (CONTEXT *ctx, HE
   mutt_set_flag (PostContext, h, M_DELETE, 1);
 
+  /* and consider it saved, so that it won't be moved to the trash folder */
+  mutt_set_flag (PostContext, h, M_APPENDED, 1);
+
   /* update the count for the status display */
   PostCount = PostContext->msgcount - PostContext->deleted;
diff -pruN mutt-1.3.27.orig/PATCHES mutt-1.3.27/PATCHES
--- mutt-1.3.27.orig/PATCHES    Mon Nov 26 20:16:52 2001
+++ mutt-1.3.27/PATCHES Thu Dec  6 16:27:55 2001
@@ -1,0 +1 @@
+patch-1.3.27.cd.trash_folder.1