143937 - add View->Messages->Hide Deleted Messages to mail news front end

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 98097

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Message Display, enhancement)

Description

[mozilla.gv6r]

Would be nice to be able to hide messages that have been deleted (but not yet
removed entirely), so they don't take up so much space on the display before
compaction.

It shouldn't be automatic, but I think it should be possible.  This has been a
feature I would have liked to have since Netscape 4, or possibly before.

Comment 1

[mozilla.gv6r]

To duplicate:
1) Use an IMAP server
2) Open Messenger
3) Set "Edit->Mail and Newsgroup Account Settings..." Server Settings "When I
delete a message:" "Mark it as deleted."
4) OK the account settings dialog, and choose a message that you don't want to keep.
5) Delete message.  Message is now marked deleted, but still present in list of
messages, as expected.

Since I have some filters running that move/delete messages which I'm still
debuging (my filters, not the application itself), I like having the deleted
messages just get marked deleted.  But it would be nice if I could hide those
deleted messages without having to change the server settings.

A possible workaround is to change "When I delete a message:" to "move message
to trash".  This seems to be acceptable for now, but I do kind of wonder why
we've got a method to mark a message deleted, but not really do anything with
those messages until the folder is compacted.

Comment 2

[Daniel Wang]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 98097 ***

Comment 3

[Olga]

Verified dup