And it came to pass that knocte wrote:
> 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?
Yes. Emptying the trash completely and irretreivable removes
the message bodies.
>
> So, reading the first and the second sentence before, I
> think that compacting folders when emptying the trash is a
> logical behavior.
>
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