On Thu, 2011-01-06 at 14:31 +0200, Jeremy Nell wrote: > Because Gmail considers deleted mail to be mail you really, > really don't > want and empties the "Trash" folder almost immediately. Remember > that > the Gmail paradigm is that you never delete anything, you use > labels to > mark things you want filed away somewhere. Yes, it breaks > numerous imap > standards; no, Google don't care, it's Google, they know best. > I don't buy that. if I delete mail in Gmail, through the browser, it > stays in the Bin for a month. And if I log onto Gmail (via the > browser), I can access the deleted mail. Yet, Evo's Trash folder under > "Gmail" stores the mail for a few seconds before clearing the folder. > It doesn't make sense.
No, it doesn't. GMail may support the IMAP *protocol* but it is not an IMAP server. They don't really have folders at all; reference the very true proverb: "all abstract layers are leaky". Much like Microsoft Active Directory supports LDAP, but isn't "an LDAP server". If you want consistent IMAP behavior use a real IMAP provider [like FastMail.fm (which also uses Open Source software, rather than proprietary software)]. Doesn't Evolution have a specific GMail provider [instead of IMAP]? I thought so, but maybe that is only for their [proprietary] calendering and other services. I'd assume you can map a folder to whatever label-as-a-folder container GMail uses to provide trash functionality. But putting-a-message-into-trash doesn't really seem to work. _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list [email protected] To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
