1852998 - Compacting Folders no longer enabled for maildir - needed for IMAP expunge

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1827973

(Thunderbird :: Mail Window Front End, defect)

Description

[DaLiV]

when Imap used with "Maildir" and used in combination with "delete flag" fetaure - at the end need send for real deletion expunging commands. Last was linked in "Compact folder(s)" menus ...
Now that is lost as completely grayed out.
please resolve. as this breaks core functionality.

Comment 1

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

File | Compact folders is still available. There is also a toolbar button "Compact" and folder context menu item.

Comment 2

[DaLiV]

"File | Compact folders" IS GRAYED OUT ... in case "IMAP" + "MAILDIR" + "MARK AS DELETED".
"compact" button persist outside of menu in "customised buttons" that are not visible by default ... but found in the feature that is not liked "toolbar above menubar ..."
but "compact all folders" was useful in many ways, also for taking changes that made in all subscribed folders (recount/receive/expunge) in one pass

Comment 3

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

It's enabled on the "account node". But apparently not on the folders them selves.
https://searchfox.org/comm-central/rev/b852f7df052da74ceeb31ef4ee59d701bebcf09d/mail/base/content/about3Pane.js#328,361 which checks https://searchfox.org/comm-central/rev/b852f7df052da74ceeb31ef4ee59d701bebcf09d/mailnews/base/src/nsMsgDBFolder.cpp#3205

Comment 4

[gene smith]

This is the same as reported in bug 1827973. On maildir based accounts there is no "Compact" context items shown (at the account level or on individual folders) so there is no immediate way to expunge any messages that are marked \deleted and/or crossed out. Also, the file | compact folders menu item remains greyed out for maildir so you can't initiate an expunge/compact there either for maildir.

The patch I attached at bug 1827973 still seems to resolve these issue when I just now applied it to daily. I'll go ahead and submit it via phab over there.