> > You might like to turn it ["Show Deleted Messages"] on. The action > > of "delete" is classically > > implemented as "mark as deleted" and then purge the marked messages > > later in IMAP; a "move" message action was originally implemented as > > "copy and delete", and that "delete" action left a "mark as deleted" > > message in the original folder. This can all lead to a bit of > > confusion > > if you don't know what's going on. > > > > This was all an IMAP server function, not Evolution. > > > > Recent versions of IMAP servers often now implement a proper "move" > > function which Evo will use if it's there; that doesn't leave a > > deleted > > message in the originating folder. > > > > Turning on "Show Deleted Messages" will allow you to see if there are > > any un-purged deleted messages still present that may be causing > > confusion.
Thanks a lot again, Pete, for your help answers. This is a helpful explanation. I turned on "Show Deleted Messages" but fortunately no emails were just "marked as deleted" in the IMAP folders (just in the local folders which is a different story). But I will keep it that way to monitor any ill behaviour. > > > > I suspect it's an issue of trying to use features for something > > > > they > > > > weren't intended for. If you need to "Archive" things, then use > > > > the > > > > built in archiving mechanism - it can be done manually with a key > > > > combination or an icon on the top bar, or it can be setup to be > > > > automatic. Thanks again for reminding me of the archive function. And I learnt that now it just "moves" the email to a specific folder which can be an IMAP folder which will be synced again. https://askubuntu.com/questions/57144/where-is-gmail-archive-option-in-evolution And I found out how to change the shortcut, key combination to archive it as ctrl-alt-a was a bit clumsy to be used often. For the records and other interested people. Just edit ~/.config/evolution/accels, delete the ; in front of a edited line and I used following to archive with simple key "a": (gtk_accel_path "<Actions>/mail/mail-archive" "a") Thanks again for your help! It was worth to email and to learn new things! Have a great weekend, D. :) _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
