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Bug 456558 - Evolution doesn't permit deleting completely especific messages
Evolution doesn't permit deleting completely especific messages
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 528687
Product: evolution
Classification: Applications
Component: Mailer
2.10.x (obsolete)
Other All
: Low enhancement
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Assigned To: evolution-mail-maintainers
Evolution QA team
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2007-07-13 11:57 UTC by Paolo Benvenuto
Modified: 2012-02-10 10:01 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.17/2.18


Description Paolo Benvenuto 2007-07-13 11:57:25 UTC 
Please describe the problem:
In Evolution you haven't the possibility to delete completely a message or a group of messages.

The only options you have are:
- Throw a message to the waste basket
- Delete all messages from the waste basket

I consider that two thing are needed in evolution:

1. The possibility to delete a messagge without sending it to the wastebasket

2. The possibility to delete messages from the wastebasket

BTW what I'm proposing is implemented in nautilus, where you can delete a file or send it to the wastebasket, and where you can enter the wastebasket as it were a carpet e delete selected messages in it.

Steps to reproduce:


Actual results:


Expected results:


Does this happen every time?


Other information:
Comment 1 André Klapper 2007-07-13 15:41:26 UTC 
you cannot delete a message completely because of performance issues, and this will not be changed.

to delete a message in the trash forever, choose "empty trash" or expunge the folder.

any more questions? :-)
Comment 2 Paolo Benvenuto 2007-07-13 17:25:52 UTC 
> you cannot delete a message completely because of performance issues, and this
> will not be changed.

Is there a mailing list thread about that?

> to delete a message in the trash forever, choose "empty trash"
> or expunge the folder.

But is there a way to delete selected messages from the trash folder?
Comment 3 Jeffrey Stedfast 2007-07-16 15:43:37 UTC 
well, to be fair... there's no reason the feature /couldn't/ be added... so long as people didn't expect it to be instantanious to 'delete' 1 message at a time, especially if they use a format such as mbox (which is the default).

I suppose the question of whether it /should/ be added or not falls on the UI designers.


To answer your question, no, there's no way to purge selected messages from the Trash folder either.
Comment 4 Tobias Mueller 2008-02-27 20:20:43 UTC 
So this bug is not NEEDINFO. A design decision is needed and either this bug will be FIXED or closed as WONTFIX.

I personally would appreciate a feature to instantly delete an email for convenience, but someone should start the discussion on e-h.
Comment 5 André Klapper 2012-02-10 10:01:47 UTC 
(In reply to comment #0)
> 1. The possibility to delete a messagge without sending it to the wastebasket

That is bug 612239.

> 2. The possibility to delete messages from the wastebasket

That is bug 528687.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 528687 ***