Thanks to everybody who replied. I get it now and I'll work with it. I appreciate having it clearly explained.
On Mon, 2019-02-25 at 09:01 -0700, Zan Lynx wrote: > On February 25, 2019 3:10:05 AM MST, Patrick O'Callaghan <p...@usb.ve> > wrote: > > On Sun, 2019-02-24 at 16:54 -0700, Zan Lynx > > > > No, this is not how Evolution Trash works. > > > > The fundamental model in Evolution follows the IMAP paradigm, in > > which > > deleted messages are merely marked for deletion, not removed. > > Actually > > removing them is called "expunging". In the Evo interface the Trash > > folder is a search folder by default, so the "deleted" messages > > stay in > > their original folders but are merely marked for deletion. Toggle > > the > > View->Show Deleted Messages option to see them. > > > As a system administrator in a past life I would have "cleaned" > user's Trash folders in Exchange without a second thought. > > As a programmer writing, say, online backup software I would not save > files or email in a Trash folder anymore than I would save temporary > or cache files. > > If I ran an online IMAP server, which I do for myself, it would > automatically purge deleted messages older than a month. > > So Evolution *does* work that way. Because it marks a Deleted flag > and that flag does whatever the server side decides to do. > > By no definition of the word "Deleted" does it mean "Keep this until > I come back for it." _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
