Re: [Evolution] IMAP - Junk and Trash folder appear twice

[Tom <tom prost-net de>]

Am Montag, den 16.05.2016, 14:45 +0100 schrieb Pete Biggs: 
> > From a users (interface) point of view, what is the (obviously annoying)
> > difference between seeing trash in an evolution-created virtual folder
> > or anywhere else, presuming that the "mark as deleted" method utilises
> > this alternative location instead ?
>
> It can't.  The whole point of the "marked as deleted" method is that
> the message stays where it is in the original folder and is just marked
> as deleted - the virtual trash folder just displays all the message
> marked as deleted the same as any other search folder.
>
> With a real trash the message is actually moved to the folder when it
> is deleted and it disappears completely from the original folder.
                     ^^^^^^ 
Can we be sure about that or how it's programmed ? For all I know IMAP
specification has neither a MOVE nor a DELETE command for single
messages. Can you go into detail how a standard IMAP server would do
this move or post a point of knowledge ?

(...) 
> This has various side effects, like it is incredibly easy to "undelete"
> a message, since the deletion is just the toggle of a flag. It is also
> a standard that all IMAP clients (should) understand (although Apple
> doesn't seem to bother).
>
> I understand that modern IMAP clients don't use MBOX and there is no
> real penalty to using a real delete these days.  This doesn't mean that
> non-standard implementations should become a default.