[imp] "delete messages marked as 'deleted' " menu entry

[Jens-U. Mozdzen]

Zitat von Jens-U. Mozdzen <jmozdzen at nde.ag>:
> Hi Michael,
>
> Zitat von Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org>
>>
>> Quoting "Jens-U. Mozdzen" <jmozdzen at nde.ag>:
>>
>>> currently I'm using latest IMP from PEAR. For my account, I've set
>>> the "delete" preference to "move messages to the trash folder".
>>>
>>> Accessing a shared email folder, I see plenty of messages marked as
>>> "deleted", as other users have different "delete" preferences,
>>> obviously at least one having it set to "mark as deleted".
>>>
>>> I would like to finally delete all messages marked as "deleted", but
>>> see no option in the corresponding drop-down menu. I assume that
>>> this option is currently only available when I've configured "mark
>>> as deleted" in my personal preferences.
>>
>> No, you won't.   If you are using a trash mailbox, you will ALWAYS see
>> messages marked as deleted in your mailbox.  This is expected and the
>> only correct way of displaying.  There was a either a detailed mail
>> message or comment in a bug report awhile back that went into the
>> details as to why this has to be.
>
> I might be reading this wrong... "I won't" what, "like to finally
> delete all messages"?
>
> Just to make it clear - I haven't questioned the *form* deleted
> messages are displayed nor the *fact* that they are displayed.
>
> And no - I currently NEVER see messages "marked as deleted" in my
> mailbox - unless some other mail client is used, set to mark instead
> of "move to trash", to act on mailboxes I have access to :D
>
>> It's pretty much irrelevant though, since it's simple enough to filter
>> by Deleted message, select all, and then click delete.
>
> This covers my question for a different solution :)
>
>>> Would it be acceptable to change the algorithm to either *always*
>>> display that option (independant from the personal delete option -
>>> there still may be old "marked as delete" messages when changing
>>> that preference, too) or even make its appearance dependable on the
>>> actual existence of such messages in the currently displayed folder?
>>
>> The former: no.  The latter: absolutely not.  Besides what is
>> explained above, this would be a big performance hit for little/no gain.
>
> I understand the latter, but not the former. As you write it had been
> covered in some previous discussion, I'll try to look that up. But I'm
> surprised that the "delete all messages marked as deleted" pull-down
> menu option is nothing but a short-cut to the method you mentioned
> above ("filter by deleted", select all, delete).

Sorry - the last statement should have been "I'm surprised that [the  
menu option] is *something different than* a short-cut".

Regards,
Jens