On Thu, 2023-04-27 at 17:17 +0100, Tixy wrote: > On Wed, 2023-04-26 at 11:05 -0400, Default User wrote: > > Even if it did not work from a Live Debian session, it makes no > > sense > > to me that Evolution could be designed this way. I see no good > > reason > > that messages can be directly deleted from any other folder, but > > not > > [Gmail]/All Mail. > > > > Does anyone have a solution, so that messages must be moved to > > another > > folder (if they are not also there already), just to be deleted? > > Or at > > least a "good" explanation as to why Evolution appears to be > > designed > > this way? > > I'd be inclined to blame Gmail's quirks. > > Personally, I've used Evolution since Debain 5 without issue, though > not with Gmail though. Well, except on a work laptop for a few months > until I realised it didn't behave properly (like hiding your own > mails > sent to lists) so I just set up a rule for gmail to forward all mail > to > proper IMAP sever (Dovecot) run by me and used that for work email. > > -- > Tixy >
Hi, Tixy: It is unfortunately a well-known "feature" of Gmail: if you send an email message, it does not show up in your "Inbox". You have to look in your "Sent Mail" folder to see it. But hey, "It's not a bug - it's a feature!" Right . . .