And it came to pass that Pratik wrote:
> Jay Garcia wrote:
>
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>
>
>> Emptying trash deletes messages that are "marked for
>> deletion". Why else would you "empty trash" if you didn't
>> want them eliminated???
>
>
> I want them eliminated from the server, thats why.
It's my understanding that they are removed when you delete the
message to the Trash Bin. Emptying the Trash Bin should have no
effect on your server - that's a disk issue.
I don't
> like the fact that it also compacts although from the sound
> of it, I think I might have to live with it (But *please*
> give me a pref to turn it off).
>
> In fact while at this, it might be really nice to say,
> 'delete this mail with huge attachment from the server but
> leave it in my inbox bcos its important'.
Why not remove it from the server when you download it in the
first place? Most sysadmins would prefer you do this.
>
>
>> Compacting folders does nothing more than it claims, it
>> does NOT mark for deletion nor does it eliminate messages,
>> they are still there and readable after you compact
>> folders.
>>
>> I think you are confused as to the functionality of both
>> the features.
>
>
> I am actually a little confused by your statement. Let me
> rephrase and you can tell me if I am right
>
> Compacting Folders -> Remove all messages that are marked
> deleted in the folder. Those messages might exist in Trash
> but thats okay.
>
> Empty Trash -> Remove all messages from Trash and compact
> all folders where the messages were initially. e.g. if Trash
> had 1 message that was initially in Inbox, delete message
> and compact Inbox. If Trash had 1 message that was initially
> in folder X (because I had used Filters), then delete
> message and compact Folder X.
>
> So far so good?
>
> Now, my only problem is that I don't like the idea of Empty
> Trash doing compaction as well. I'd much rather keep them
> separate.
>
>
> Make sense?
Nope. It defies logic. The whole point of emptying the trash
is to completely eradicate the message forever. If you don't
want to do this, don't empty the trash.
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