Re: [Evolution] My imap Trash folder :( and deleted emails...

["Dwight Tovey" <dwight dtovey net>]

guenther said:

> Note: The Evolution "Trash" folder is a vFolder. That means, those
> messages are still in the relevant mail Folder but marked for deletion.
> They are removed permanently from that Folder when Expunging or Emtying
> Trash.
>
> ...guenther

Is there any way to get Evolution to NOT use a vFolder for trash?  In
other words, I would rather it moved messages into the IMAP Trash folder
when I delete them.  Even marking for delete now and moving to Trash on
exit would be acceptable.

I would like this functionality for various reasons, but the one that got
me most recently was when I was connected to my mail from an offsite
system (using Squirrelmail) and I needed to look through my trash for a
message that I had deleted while connected from my laptop using Evo. 
Since Evo was set to expunge on exit, the message was gone and not
recoverable.

I know somebody will say that I shouldn't delete messages that I might
need later, but there are times that somebody will ask a question that I
saw answered just the other day in a message that I deleted.  Being able
to look through the trash can be a big help in cases like that.

With other mail systems that move deleted messages to the Trash folder, I
used to have a cron job that would kick off every night and "expunge" any
messages that were more than X number of days old (I typically set X to
30).  That way I could delete messages that I wasn't immediatly interested
in, but still have a grace period if I change my mind.

    /dwight
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