Re: [evolution-patches] fix for bug #43241

[David Woodhouse <dwmw2 infradead org>]

On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 01:35 +0200, guenther wrote:
> At the very least: The mail is not stored as intended on the IMAP
> server. If the user knows about this issue, he will remember this
> particular mail being saved on a local account on a machine, he has
> right now (as he needs the mail) no access to.
> 
> The user will blame Evolution for this behavior and call it a bug. And
> he is right, IMHO.

Given the fragility of the path I have to use to get at my work email
server from home (imap over ssh over ssh, crossing the Atlantic twice),
I often find it necessary to disable that account. I wouldn't want to be
prevented from sending mail ostensibly from dwmw2 work though -- I can
always copy it across to my real outgoing folder later. 

I find the argument that I won't have access to those folders at a later
date to be a red herring -- even here in the land of poor Internet
connectivity I consider any machine which I can't get at from the
outside to be broken, and refuse to use it :)

Might be useful for Evo to pop up a warning telling the user where the
mail went, though -- with a 'Don't tell me again' checkbox. And maybe if
we're feeling crazy, to somehow remember where it was supposed to go,
and move it there later automatically if/when the mailbox in question
becomes available again.

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dwmw2