Thanks for the report. I can reproduce the issue with upstream builds, so it's 
not Ubuntu-specific.
Upstream bug report: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1547664

** Bug watch added: Mozilla Bugzilla #1547664
   https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1547664

** Changed in: thunderbird (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

** Changed in: thunderbird (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Also affects: thunderbird via
   https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1547664
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1826874

Title:
  In Ubuntu's Thunderbird, Empty Deleted warns, Empty "Inbox"!

Status in Mozilla Thunderbird:
  Unknown
Status in thunderbird package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Issue: In Ubuntu desktop 18.10 and 19.04 (and perhaps years earlier?),
  when a Thunderbird user clicks on File>Empty Deleted, it warns that
  Empty "Inbox" will be done, instead! Ouch! (It does empty the correct
  folder anyway, but this should and does scare many users.)

  After a protracted dialog with the Mozilla Thunderbird support team,
  I've learned that Mozilla's own vanilla Thunderbird shows Empty
  "Trash", as it should. They say that the version of Thunderbird that
  comes bundled with Ubuntu is to blame - so please fix it.

  Note 1: Specifically, this wrong routine threatens to empty the active
  folder; commonly, that folder is "Inbox".

  Note 2: There's no prompt at all, if the "Trash" dialog box is
  suppressed. But default is (and should be) to have it enabled.

  Note 3: You can view the details of my Mozilla trouble-shooting (including 
my/Ubuntu's erroneous Thunderbird screen-print and Mozilla's correct one), here:
  https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1254659#answer-1216735

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