| Summary: | Be able to right click Empty any folder, not just trash - especially on IMAP | ||
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| Product: | [Unmaintained] kmail | Reporter: | Jason Keirstead <jason> |
| Component: | general | Assignee: | kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs> |
| Status: | RESOLVED DUPLICATE | ||
| Severity: | normal | ||
| Priority: | NOR | ||
| Version First Reported In: | unspecified | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Platform: | Compiled Sources | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Latest Commit: | Version Fixed In: | ||
| Sentry Crash Report: | |||
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Description
Jason Keirstead
2004-01-16 23:30:04 UTC
I second this bug. This feature would also be useful for mailinglist folders, where you might want to empty all messages since they quickly build up. I know we don't want to crowd the context menu, so perhaps the context message could work as so: 1. right click on folder 2. select "Delete all messages..." 3. popup window (yesnocancel) comes up that asks "Do you want to move messages to trash instead of deleting them?" "Yes" "No" "Cancel" 4. clicking on "Yes" would take messages to trash, "No" would just nix them, "Cancel" would drop out of the operation I cannot think of anything more logical and I am almost positive 99% of users will just think this setup works nicely. You get the added bonus of having a "confirmation screen" just in case they accidentially selected this option and we don't have any extra options in the context menu. Let me add that the reason "move messages to trash" is often bad for IMAP folders is because you actually have to *download* all the messages in the folder to move them to the trash, which for folders you are hoping just to clear out, is an unnecessary procedure for sure. On Wednesday 03 March 2004 07:36, Dan Allen wrote:
> ------- Additional Comments From dan mojavelinux com 2004-03-03 07:36
> ------- Let me add that the reason "move messages to trash" is often bad
> for IMAP folders is because you actually have to *download* all the
> messages in the folder to move them to the trash, which for folders you are
> hoping just to clear out, is an unnecessary procedure for sure.
Dan, you can (and should) configure a trash folder on the imap server. That
will make "Move to trash" a single imap operation on the server and very
efficient and quick. Unrelated to the feature request, though.
On Wednesday 03 March 2004 02:41, Till Adam wrote:
> Dan, you can (and should) configure a trash folder on the imap server. That
> will make "Move to trash" a single imap operation on the server and very
> efficient and quick. Unrelated to the feature request, though.
Yes, while I was riding in the car this morning, I actually thought of this
very idea...duh, but still, nice to delete when you want to delete.
Did I mention I love KMail? Just thought I would blurt out that random act of
appreciation.
Comment #1 mentions that the popup dialogue asking "Do you want to move messages to trash instead of deleting them?" "Yes" "No" "Cancel" is an additional bonus for the user. As the messages are moved to trash only, it would be very good if there is a possibility to surpress the popup window with e.g. the option: "Do not ask again" (or something like that). |