[Tickets #4890] Re: preferences: use_trash disables delhide

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Ticket URL: http://bugs.horde.org/ticket/4890
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  Ticket             | 4890
  Updated By         | Michael Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org>
  Summary            | preferences: use_trash disables delhide
  Queue              | IMP
-Version            | 4.1.3
+Version            | Git master
  Type               | Bug
  State              | Not A Bug
  Priority           | 1. Low
  Milestone          |
  Patch              |
  Owners             |
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Michael Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org> (2011-05-11 06:20) wrote:

> I too am having this issue..  The issue being using several "other"  
> applications outside of horde do not follow the "horde" philosophy  
> of immediately purging the folder when moving mail into the trash.   
> Thus when telling horde to use the "trash" I see a cluttering of  
> "deleted" messages in the horde inbox.
>
> Mail client I use (outside of horde) on a regular basis..

No.  It is a *terrible* idea to assume that deleted flags that exist  
in a mailbox mean that they should be moved to the trash (or, even  
worse, expunged automatically and permanently).  IMP can't guess what  
other MUAs intend when they mark messages as deleted.  Thus, the only  
safe and sane option is to show these messages as flagged deleted, but  
requiring a user to take a proactive action to indicate that yes,  
indeed, he really does want those messages permanently deleted from  
the mailbox.