On Sat, 2009-09-26 at 13:39 +0200, Christian Neumair wrote: > Dear evolution developers, > > a large number of users seems to be disappointed [1] by Evolution's > trash handling, which - according to [1] - also seems to cause issues > with some "broken" IMAP server implementations. Are there any > development efforts for an alternative trash handling playing nicely > with "broken" IMAP server implementations (discussed under [2], > referenced by [1b]), which could be activated via a simple button? > > I'm just asking because I've read a user request in a GNOME 2.28 release > news [3] on a popular German website and the myriad of comments under > [1] suggests that many users would appreciate the possibility of a > different trash handling. > > best regards, > Christian Neumair > > [1] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=206061
If you read to the bottom of that URL you'll see that Milan is working on this, but so far it's not on the roadmap for a stable version. The whole IMAP deletion issue is an example of the difference between 'de facto' and 'de jure' standards. IMAP defines deletion in a very specific way -- the 'de jure' standard -- and Evo implements the definition. Most other MUA's follow the "real Trash folder" model, i.e. they don't fully implement IMAP but use a 'de facto' standard. The 'de jure' way is elegant and efficient, but not interoperable with many other MUAs. The existence of an option would help with this (but probably not reduce the number of times we have to answer questions about it :-) poc _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list