Re: [Evolution] Mails moved to another folder by filter also end up in trash folder

[Dennis Reichel <dennis reichel net>]

Thanks Angel, Pete, Lorenz, Patrick and Andre! 

I'll look into the capabilities of the IMAP server to see if it can be
updated to support MOVE.

I was just getting a little concerned about my practices when I found
myself reading mails out of the deleted items folder and neglecting to
mark them read in their assigned by filter rule folders.  That's a bit
like eating food out of the trash, to be avoided if there are more
civilized options :) 

Dennis


On Sun, 2015-02-22 at 10:22 -0500, Dennis Reichel wrote:
> With Evolution 3.12.10 (as well as all previous versions I'm aware of),
> when email is moved to another folder, be it by filter rule or manually
> a duplicate message appears in Trash.  
>
> I believe this is only the case with IMAP mail accounts.  Trying to
> confirm this, I copied several messages to folders "On this computer"
> and moved them about without the messages appearing in Trash.
>
> This inconsistent behavior suggests that the messages going to Trash are
> an artifact of interaction with the remote server via IMAP more so than
> an intentional feature.
>
> Negative effects of this cloning into trash include:
>
> 1) The end user, when auditing the contents of Trash prior to expunging
> may be compelled to confirm that some important and/or unread emails
> also reside in another location in the message store.
>
> 2) This increases the footprint and processing overhead of the message
> store, while adding no discernible value.
>
> 3) It is inconsistent with the operation of POP3 mail accounts and
> somewhat disconcerting.
>
> If it is technically impractical to alter Evolution so this does not
> occur, would it not be possible to flag or process these messages
> differently so that the end user or a mail filter can quickly and
> easily scan Trash and identify which mails reside there as a result
> of moving them to another folder?    

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Best Regards, Dennis Reichel (dennis * reichel d.t net)