Pratik wrote:
> Jay Garcia wrote:
>
>> Pratik wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Why? Why should Emptying trash cause the Inbox to be compacted?
>>> Specifically I think it compacts the folder from which mails were
>>> deleted. When/why did this start happening?
>>>
>>> - Pratik.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Because when you "delete" an email it is MARKED for deletion and is
>> actually removed when you "empty trash".
>
>
>
> Agreed. And I like that. Empty trash deletes the mail from the server
> (in my case, I use POP mail, keeping messages at server, delete messages
> on server when deleted from local machine).
>
> But why should it also compact the folder? Compacting folders is a
> separate option and should be kept that way. Leave it to me when to
> compact. I don't like the fact that everytime I empty trash, Mozilla
> compacts my 8MB+ Inbox file. Waste of time.
>
> This "feature" started appearing in recent builds. This wasn't the
> behaviour before. What changed it? Know of any bug nos?
>
> - Pratik.
>
>
>
I *think* that the behavior of Mozilla is:
- When you delete a message from Inbox, the message is not deleted from
the file Inbox, it is only marked for deletion, and a copy of that
message is placed on the Trash.
- When compacting folders, the unique operation that Mozilla makes is to
delete physically the text of the messages marked for deletion.
- But, when we empty the trash, is the text of the messages completely
deleted or are they marked for deletion also?
So, reading the first and the second sentence before, I think that
compacting folders when emptying the trash is a logical behavior.
Any comments/corrections?
Regards,
knocte
