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

[Derek Broughton]

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 !!!

It is _absolutely_ 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. 

This is not simply Evolution behaviour, but a requirement of the Maildir
format.
-- 
derek