On Tue, 2005-08-03 at 10:45 -0700, Evolution List wrote:
but my question was what is the logic behind showing the deleted messages with a line through them and putting a copy in the Trash folder? Anybody? Is there some practical usefulness to this
Yes: 1) one reading style is to madly hammer the Delete key; by having the messages still in the source folder with the line through them, you can easily page back up to them if you want to refer to a message you've deleted (ie, in that sitting) but not as yet purged. 2) a variation on the theme - user accidentally hits delete and wants to get message back. Yes, you could haul over to the trash vFolder and go hunting, or you can show deleted messages, up arrow one or two, and undelete, and then re-hide deleted messages. and (IMHO), 3) since large or complex vFolders tend to be really slow (they reload every time you delete), having deleted messages showing seems to prevent that regeneration of the message list, making them tolerably usable again. AfC Sydney -- Andrew Frederick Cowie Managing Director Contact relays worldwide: Sydney +61 2 9977 6866 New York +1 646 472 5054 Toronto +1 416 848 6072 London +44 207 1019201 OPERATIONAL DYNAMICS Operations Consultants and Infrastructure Engineers specializing in technology strategy, changes & upgrades, enterprise architecture, and performance improvement for mission critical systems & the people who run them. http://www.operationaldynamics.com/
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