Re: 'Delete' v. 'Move to trash'

[Craig Routledge <webstuff craigroutledge com>]

On 01/07/2005 07:01:46 PM, Pawel Salek wrote:
> Why would one like to have Delete key unbound? Seems unlikely to me  -  
> probably because I have this KISS principle written on a yellow note that  
> got stuck to my screen.

I don't think anyone has explicitly requested it.

> Besides, I do not quite get why one would want to have a physically  
> separate folder for trash. In other words: why Mailbox/Hide/(Un)deleted  
> does not work as a quick switch between mailbox and associated trash. Is  
> it that such messages are deleted on close, or there is some other  
> reason? Because if this is the problem, I can imagine expunging only when  
> "empty Trash on exit" option is set. Opinions?
>
> Pawel

Hmmm ... I'm not sure I understand some of the distinctions.

I have a separate trash file because it's setup by the wizard/druid at  
first startup.  I've never had the use of an IMAP maildrop, so I've never  
had to manage mail that way and don't know how it works in practice.   
Everything has always been local files for me.

I'm guessing that moving messages between folders on a remote machine via  
IMAP is something people don't like doing much, hence the need for toggling  
a delete flag instead.  Is that why?

Are you suggesting getting rid of the whole move-to-trash method of  
deleting mail?

How I like to work is to have all messages that I choose to "delete" go  
away immediately, to some place I can recover them from if I hit the key on  
the wrong message or some such.  I have Trash automatically purged at  
exit.  Granted, I could unhide tagged-deleted message them to do the same  
sort of immediate recovery.  But right now that requires that I open up the  
preferences dialog and do a lot of clicking.  I suppose if the hide/unhide  
deleted messages menu item was given a single-key binding I could dispense  
with the trash file and all move-to-trash functions.  I think this whole  
idea of two different ways of "deleting" messages is prone to causing some  
confusion.

Have I confused everyone enough yet?  :^)