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. _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
