Re: [Evolution] Inconsistent expunge behaviour

[Not Zed <notzed ximian com>]

On Sat, 2005-04-09 at 08:49 -0400, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:


> > Anyway there was no need to file a bug, there is a prompt for this,
> > and by default it will ask, you must've turned it off in the past -
> > there is no (need for a) visible option to re-enable it (and many
> > other similar options).
>
> In previous versions of Evo I did get a prompt. At one time I did turn
> it off, decided it was too dangerous and turned it on again (by
> selecting the "confirm when expunging a folder" box under Mail
> Preferences). That box is still ticked. What has changed is Evo's
> behaviour. That's what I'm complaining about.
>
> Perhaps 2.2 doesn't consider that requiring confirmation to expunge a
> folder means I also want confirmation to empty trash (which includes
> expunging each folder). Previous versions did follow this logic. If 2.2
> is different, there should be a separate option.

Well, they are separate options as i said  previously.  But you must have set 'do not ask me this again' at some point.  There is no way to adjust the option in the ui, but it still exists.

> poc
>
> > On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 10:24 -0400, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: 
> > > I have Evo 2.2.1.1 configured to "confirm when expunging a folder", and
> > > it works correctly. However Actions->Empty Trash, a potentially more
> > > damaging operation (since it expunges all folders) does *not* ask for
> > > confirmation. Previous versions of Evo did do so.
> > > 
> > > I've reported this as a bug.
> > > 
> > > poc
> > > 
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