244724 - When forwarding Junk, do not put it in my Sent folder

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Thunderbird :: General, enhancement)

Description

[Jacob Friis Larsen]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040206 Firefox/0.8
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040206 Firefox/0.8

When I forward spam to SpamCop, which I do a lot, I have to permanently delete
the mails from the Junk folder and the Sent folder. It would be nice if there
were an option where I could make Thunderbird not put sent mail in the Sent
folder if the mails come from the Junk folder.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:

Comment 1

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 2

[Jeff Morris]

Does this problem still exist in newer builds?  Try using one of the 1.5beta
builds to verify.  If it still exists, then please add a commenting saying so,
so that we can get this RFE dealt with.

Comment 3

[Jacob Friis Larsen]

When I forward mails from the Junk folder a copy is still put in the Sent folder.

Comment 4

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

I can't quite grasp why we would want to make a special case for this, especially if it creates a behavior that might be unexpected for most users. 
Sounds more like extension fodder.

Comment 5

[Thomas D. (:thomas8)]

1) I agree with Wayne's comment 4 that we have no way of predicting user's expectations regarding the behaviour here, and creating a special UI for this seems a bit over the top (apart from doubts if forwarding spams to spamcops is still a frequent behaviour). So yes, this looks much like a candidate for an extension if anything.

2) Furthermore, you can easily create the most important part of the desired behaviour by creating an alias identity on your account (Tools > Account Settings > Your account > Manage identities). Then, for that alias identity, say "Joe Miller (spamreport)", you can permanently disable the fcc to Sent folder in the "Copies & folders" tab when editing the identity. To enjoy, just pick that alias identity from the "From" dropdown when composing forwarded msgs to spamcop & co. That looks like a very acceptable workaround to me.

3) Otherwise, perhaps a point for bug 238398 which imo could be confirmed.

4) Finally, no dupes reported, and no supportive comments in 8 yrs.