Re: [Evolution] Alternative to Evolution's trash handling



On 09/29/2009 09:36 AM, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
On Sat, 2009-09-26 at 08:35 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
On Sat, 2009-09-26 at 13:39 +0200, Christian Neumair wrote:
a large number of users seems to be disappointed [1] by Evolution's
trash handling, which - according to [1] - also seems to cause issues
with some "broken" IMAP server implementations. Are there any
development efforts for an alternative trash handling playing nicely
with "broken" IMAP server implementations (discussed under [2],
referenced by [1b]), which could be activated via a simple button?
I'm just asking because I've read a user request in a GNOME 2.28 release
news [3] on a popular German website and the myriad of comments under
[1] suggests that many users would appreciate the possibility of a
different trash handling.
[1] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=206061
If you read to the bottom of that URL you'll see that Milan is working
on this, but so far it's not on the roadmap for a stable version.
The whole IMAP deletion issue is an example of the difference between
'de facto' and 'de jure' standards. IMAP defines deletion in a very
specific way -- the 'de jure' standard -- and Evo implements the
definition. Most other MUA's follow the "real Trash folder" model, i.e.
they don't fully implement IMAP but use a 'de facto' standard. The 'de
jure' way is elegant and efficient,

Agree.  As a mail system administrator I vote +1 for keeping the current
method [the right way] as the default.

I don't think the proposal was to change the default, but to add an option. I for one would stay with the current method.

poc



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