Re: [Evolution] IMAP problems with Sent and Trash (Pete Biggs)

[Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam whitemice org>]

On Thu, 2011-01-06 at 14:31 +0200, Jeremy Nell wrote:
> Because Gmail considers deleted mail to be mail you really,
> really don't
> want and empties the "Trash" folder almost immediately. Remember
> that
> the Gmail paradigm is that you never delete anything, you use
> labels to
>  mark things you want filed away somewhere.  Yes, it breaks
> numerous imap
> standards; no, Google don't care, it's Google, they know best.
> I don't buy that.  if I delete mail in Gmail, through the browser, it
> stays in the Bin for a month.  And if I log onto Gmail (via the
> browser), I can access the deleted mail.  Yet, Evo's Trash folder under
> "Gmail" stores the mail for a few seconds before clearing the folder.
> It doesn't make sense.  

No, it doesn't.  GMail may support the IMAP *protocol* but it is not an
IMAP server.  They don't really have folders at all;  reference the very
true proverb: "all abstract layers are leaky".  Much like Microsoft
Active Directory supports LDAP, but isn't "an LDAP server".  If you want
consistent IMAP behavior use a real IMAP provider [like FastMail.fm
(which also uses Open Source software, rather than proprietary
software)].

Doesn't Evolution have a specific GMail provider [instead of IMAP]? I
thought so, but maybe that is only for their [proprietary] calendering
and other services.

I'd assume you can map a folder to whatever label-as-a-folder container
GMail uses to provide trash functionality.  But
putting-a-message-into-trash doesn't really seem to work.