I accept that Evolution is implementing IMAP as intended, however the
YOUR DOING IT WRONG argument is a silly one. Usability is about
producing a system which works in a human natural way, not necessarily
the most sensible. Users of IMAP want to be able to view and manage
their emails in a consistent and logical way.. when an ordinary user
uses Evolution they end up with 2 trash folders and 2 junk folders; when
they junk or delete their emails and then switch client, their emails
still appear in their inbox. This causes confusion and leads people to
switch to Thunderbird. The internet is littered with comments of people
using thunderbird in place of evolution for exactly this reason, in
spite of the integration advantages.

If evolution was a multi-platform email client then the argument might
hold more water, people could choose to use it exclusively and would
never notice the difference. As it is it isn't multi-platform and they
do notice the difference. What we are asking for is choice, I want to be
able to not use virtual folders. I want to move my trash and junk to
their own folders, which I can empty as I choose. I do not want my Inbox
littered with emails I don't want to see. I simply don't care if I am
doing it wrong, that is the way I and most others seem to do it. I want
evolution to simply allow me to do it the same way, until they do I will
continue with Thunderbird.

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Evolution virtual trash / "real" trash on IMAP server
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/13983
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