Evolution's crazy habit with moving an e-mail to a folder !?

[Glenn S]

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On 10/01/2008, SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux <i-ubux at synass.net> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 2008-01-10 at 09:13 +0000, John Carlyle-Clarke wrote:
> >
> > SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux wrote:
> > > Moving some e-mails to their respective folders where I want them ...
> > > ... also produces an entry in the Trash folder and this really drives
> me
> > > crazy !!
> > >
> > > Why does this happen like this ???
> > >
> > >
> > > I find it absolutely confusing and NOT necessary !!!
> > > I believe that ONLY deleted messages shall go to Trash !!
> > > The rest remain either in the Inbox or where they have been
> > > copied/moved !
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > This is expected behaviour.  When you delete a message in Evolution, it
> > marks it as deleted and leaves it in place, but hidden.  When you empty
> > the Trash folder, it deletes the message properly.  The Trash folder is
> > not a location, it's a virtual folder which shows all messages in all
> > folders marked as deleted.  Since a move is accomplished by a copy +
> > delete, you can understand why one consequence of this design is that
> > the message in the original location ends up showing in the Trash.
> >
> > I'm afraid it's a feature, not a bug :)
>
>
> Hi John
> Thanks for your enlightening feedback !
> I expected something like this !!
>
> Well, if one is absolutely sure that its filter settings are error free
> and perfect,
> then I agree fullest with you ...
> ... but with only one filter not working properly this feature
> complicates the
> check and search of mislead e-mails ;-(
>
> Well, I may have to live with this until I get my Lotus Notes on
> Ubuntu ;--|
>
> Cheers, svobi
>
>
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