[imp] Deleted messages are counted in summary

Jan Schneider jan at horde.org
Sun May 18 15:38:30 PDT 2003


Zitat von Steven Alexson <steve at alexson.org>:

> When a user logs in, the INBOX summary seems to be counting unseen
> deleted
> messages as part of the total. This is, of course, for users that do not
> move
> deleted messages to a trash bin. This tends to be an annoying inaccuracy,
> especially for users with filters that move messages to other folders.
>
> As in my test case, I have several folders which are checked for new
> messages,
> and each has a filter that moves messages into the folders. When I logon,
> assume that I have 8 new messages. 5 of which were filtered into new
> folders
> which are also checked. Now my summary reads that there are new messages
> in
> these folders, plus 8 new messages in the INBOX. This could be confusing
> for
> users which choose to hide deleted items, and forget or choose not to
> purge
> their INBOX before they log off.
>
> I am assuming that IMP has some mechanism to recognize the difference
> between
> deleted and not deleted messages since I knows the difference in the
> folder
> view. Couldn't that same mechanism be incorporated into the summary tool?

Sure. Patch?

Jan.

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