-----Original Message----- From: Patrick O'Callaghan <p...@usb.ve> To: evolution-list@gnome.org Subject: Re: [Evolution] Alternative to Evolution's trash handling Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:18:10 -0430 Mailer: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.4pre) Gecko/20090922 Fedora/3.0-2.7.b4.fc11 Thunderbird/3.0b4
On 09/29/2009 09:36 AM, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: > On Sat, 2009-09-26 at 08:35 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >> On Sat, 2009-09-26 at 13:39 +0200, Christian Neumair wrote: >>> 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. >>> [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, > > Agree. As a mail system administrator I vote +1 for keeping the current > method [the right way] as the default. I don't think the proposal was to change the default, but to add an option. I for one would stay with the current method. poc What about a move to trash allure? Seems like that might satisfy Everyone's concern...Sometimes the technically correct choice isn't always practical ;-) Phil _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list Cheers, Phil
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