On 26/04/2023 22:05, Default User wrote:
it absolutely refuses to delete email
messages directly from the [Gmail]/All Mail folder of any email
account.
Disclaimer: I do not use evolution.
Do you use IMAP for your gmail account? Notice that IMAP assumes
tree-like structure of folders and messages. Gmail uses concept of
labels, so the same message may have multiple labels. When mapped to
IMAP it means the same message (not a copy) may be accessed from
different folders. Moreover All Mail is a meta label/folder that
includes every message (besides trash?). I am unsure if it can be
reasonably handled using conventional IMAP.
So gmail IMAP accounts may be special to some degree for mail clients.
Perhaps some kind of cooperation between a mailer and the server is
necessary. I am unsure at which moment a message should completely
disappear from the server in response to removing it from particular
folders (actually labels).
