[Tickets #5202] Emptying trash folder deletes inbox

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Ticket URL: http://bugs.horde.org/ticket/?id=5202
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 Ticket             | 5202
 Created By         | webadmin at ualberta.ca
 Summary            | Emptying trash folder deletes inbox
 Queue              | IMP
 Version            | 4.1.2
 Type               | Bug
 State              | Unconfirmed
 Priority           | 3. High
 Owners             | 
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webadmin at ualberta.ca (2007-04-02 14:43) wrote:

We've been having cases where users go into their trash folders and instead
of clicking on "Empty Trash" they click on "Empty Trash Folder".  In
certain cases (which I haven't been able to reproduce) Imp will delete the
user's INBOX, leaving the trash folder intact.  

I have not been able to reproduce this error, nor has there been a flood
of complaints from users about it... but we HAVE had to restore 5 inboxes
from backups in the last week for this exact problem so there's definitely
something wrong.

The ONLY thing that I can think of that might be related is when you look
at the URLS you see the following:
(note that we've called the trash folder "WebTrash" to differentiate it
from other imap trash folders)

https://webmail.ualberta.ca/mailbox.php?mailbox=WebTrash&actionID=empty_mailbox
 (this is the empty trash button URL)

https://webmail.ualberta.ca/mailbox.php?actionID=empty_mailbox  (this is
the "empty trash folder" link URL)

So since that link doesn't appear in any other folder you'd think they
should be identical.

I'd recommend removing the "empty trash folder" link entirely.