>
> Can someone help me understand the logic or usefulness of both putting a
> line through the deleted message in the folder in which it is found AND
> putting a copy in the Trash folder? Why not one or the other but not
> both?
The 'Trash' folder isn't real, it's a virtual folder and as such things
don't really get moved there. With IMAP you don't delete messages
straight away - you mark them as deleted, then when you 'expunge' the
folder (ctrl-E for those who like the keyboard) they are deleted. It's
all to do with efficiency on the server side.
>
> I've never encountered this "feature" before and am curious if there is
> a practical use for it.
Not a 'practical' use, more an inbuilt part of IMAP. Other programs
that move messages to a 'real' trash are actually doing 'copy',
'delete', 'expunge' in one go.
>
> I am aware that I can hide deleted messages and thereby "remove" the
> messages having a line through them from view. But it would seem that
> there would be some usefulness to viewing them otherwise there would be
> no option to seeing them.
Well still being able to see them means you know that you have messages
to expunge.
P.
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