279141 - Move to local folder instead of IMAP Trash

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 182274

(Thunderbird :: General, enhancement)

Description

[Martin]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041111 Firefox/1.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041111 Firefox/1.0

When using IMAP and you want to keep all your emails, there isn't much to do
right now, other than "delete" the email, and keep it in the IMAP Trash folder.

I suggest an extra option for "When I delete a message" drop down menu, which
should be "Move to local INBOX folder".

Or perhaps more general "Move to local folder" and then a way to specify a local
folder name.


Reproducible: Always

Comment 1

[Ray Booysen]

*** Bug 278693 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2

[Martin]

I wouldn't say this is a dub of Bug 278693.

What I am suggesting is an option "Move to local INBOX folder" and perhaps a key
shortcut for this.

I still think the delete key should put the emails to trash.

What I am basically suggesting is a feature for people that would like to keep
all their emails.

Comment 3

[Ray Booysen]

I see what you mean.  I will reopen the other bug.
Thanks!

Comment 4

[zug_treno]

Duplicate of/related to Core bug 206277?

Comment 5

[Martin]

I would say that this bug and Bug# 206277 is a dub of Bug# 182274.

Comment 6

[Craig D. Rice]

Relates to Bug 277854.

Feature Request:

Allowing an IMAP account to file deleted messages into Trash in a Local Mail
Folder would really help prevent over-quota issues our users are having. When a
user deletes a bunch of mail, the messages are moved to the IMAP account's Trash
folder. This often brings the user over quota, which prevents the user from
Trashing more messages.

Could the user use "Mark as Deleted" or "Delete Immediately"? Yes, but the users
for whatever silly reason want to keep deleted messages around in a Trash folder
for some period of time.

Could the user use POP instead? Yes, but we're using IMAP over SLL as our
standard method of accessing email (for lots of reasons).

Best would be to select another folder, in this case a folder in Local Mail,
where Trash could be kept at the user's "expense".