260891 - trash folder should be configurable in a consistent manner

Status: NEW

(MailNews Core :: Backend, enhancement)

Description

[Wouter Van Hemel]

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This is a request about the backend configuration of Trash folders.

In bug #24064, a backend for setting imap Trash folders was added. In bug
#182274, work is being done to integrate this configuration option into the GUI.

As discussed in #182274, I think the backend in #24064 is inconsistent, since
the option only works for IMAP accounts. I would very much like to be able to
use this configuration variable for any type of account. I believe this would be
possible with a minimum of code change. A Trash folder is not specific to IMAP
accounts only; the same reasons (localisation, sharing of folders between
clients, ...) are valid for other mailboxes (POP3, Local Folders).

Then, a logical GUI could be created by adding the Trash folder option to the
same GUI location where other folders (such as 'Sent') can be configured,
instead of wrongly making IMAP a special case.



Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:

Actual Results:  
Trash folders can not be customised.

Expected Results:  
Trash folders, like any other folders, should be fully customisable for users,
for any type of account.

Comment 1

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

Also see bug 221946.

I checked for a dupe of this bug, but didn't locate it.  I wouldn't be surprised 
if I'd missed it, however; this seems like an obvious request.

Comment 2

[Wouter Van Hemel]

I checked some similar bug reports, but most of them are erroneously closed as
dup of bug #24064. It's not immediately obvious that the implementation given in
#24064 only works for imap (like some of the last comments and the code tell us).

That's strange because the problem is as valid for other types of folders.

Comment 3

[(not reading, please use [e-mail] instead)]

sorry for the spam.  making bugzilla reflect reality as I'm not working on these bugs.  filter on FOOBARCHEESE to remove these in bulk.