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Bug 323145 - use Sent Icon for *every* Sent folder
use Sent Icon for *every* Sent folder
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 362907
Product: evolution
Classification: Applications
Component: Mailer
2.4.x (obsolete)
Other Linux
: Normal minor
: Future
Assigned To: evolution-mail-maintainers
Evolution QA team
Depends on:
Blocks: 327508 327510
 
 
Reported: 2005-12-03 21:21 UTC by Karsten Bräckelmann
Modified: 2009-05-24 20:38 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Description Karsten Bräckelmann 2005-12-03 21:21:18 UTC 
Since Evo 2.4 now has a special icon for "Sent" folders, this icon should be use
for *all* Sent folders, as definied in
  Preferences / Mail Accounts / <account> Edit / Defaults

This should be consistent, just like the special Icons for Inbox, Junk, Trash.
Comment 1 André Klapper 2005-12-05 14:58:28 UTC 
confirming.
Comment 2 Shreyas Srinivasan 2005-12-12 12:30:22 UTC 
Well, i can set the sent folder to any folder. Would it make sense to change the
icon of that folder to "special sent folder" icon. The server specified sent
folders are too kludgy to handle. There is only one folder in the folder list
which is coined the local sent folder.

I dont think we should be doing any change. I would vote for a WONTFIX or
NOTABUG. I would let srini handle it cos its a ui issue.
Comment 3 Karsten Bräckelmann 2005-12-12 15:37:05 UTC 
Yes, *any* folder that is set as a Sent folder in the account settings by the
user should be highlighted/marked by this special sent icon.

From a *user* point of view, there is *nothing* special about the On This
Computer / Sent folder. If a regular IMAP user selects a folder on his IMAP
server as his Sent folder, he does not expect the default Sent folder to be any
special or get his sent mail.

In an ideal case, the user does not even know about the fact that this default
folder will be used as a fall-back. It is in no way special to him. Thus the UI
must not pretend it is.


FWIW, any Inbox is marked with a special icon. As is any Junk and Trash. If we
use a dedicated icon for Sent folders, this must be used consistently for *any*
Sent folder.
Comment 4 Karsten Bräckelmann 2006-04-24 19:19:28 UTC 
See bug 339628 for a related issue.

Again, please be consistent. Do *not* special-case special folders, that
actually are not special in any way. Respect the users settings, rather than
hardcoding stuff like this.
Comment 5 André Klapper 2006-06-14 14:13:23 UTC 
removing old target milestone.
Comment 6 Matthew Barnes 2009-05-24 20:38:26 UTC 
Closing as a dupe of bug #362907, since that bug covers Drafts as well.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 362907 ***