GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 215119
Evolution no longer empties trash on exit
Last modified: 2001-11-13 22:28:24 UTC
Package: Evolution Priority: Normal Version: 0.99.0 Synopsis: Evolution no longer empties trash on exit Bugzilla-Product: Evolution Bugzilla-Component: Mailer Description: I just installed the latest version of Evolution after reinstalling my Linux OS (Debian). I now have a bunch of mail in my mailbox. I deleted a number of them and they are all struck out in my inbox. The option "Empty trash folders on exit" is checked in the Other tab of Mail Settings. I close Evolution, Evolution tells me it's closing, and then it's closed. I relaunch Evolution, and my inbox still contains the messages I marked for deletion, still struck out in the list. The trash no longer gets emptied automatically. There is apparently no way to manually empty the trash, either. So, since the automatic trash emptier doesn't work and I can't empty the trash manually, there's no way to delete these messages in my inbox with this release candidate of Evolution. I think this is a pretty serious bug. Unknown reporter: pmhoepfn@student.math.uwaterloo.ca, changed to bugbuddy-import@ximian.com.
Sorry, I just figured out that you *can* empty the trash manually, but I found it very difficult to find out how. That command happens to be in the Action menu, not in the File menu, where I'd expect it to be (e.g., in the Folder submenu of File), seeing as every other mail program I've used puts trash and folder management together. I suggest you move that command - as well as the Expunge command - to the File menu. If nothing else, copy those commands to the file menu if you'd like to also keep them in the Actions menu. That would be fine. I also suggest the Empty Trash command pops up when you right-click the Trash folder. Sorry, I guess that blurb doesn't have much to do with this bug report. :)
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 213775 ***