Bug 3482

Summary: Revert Autosave Drafts being "New"
Product: Claws Mail (GTK 2) Reporter: MD <crxssi>
Component: UI/Folder ListAssignee: users
Status: NEW ---    
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: P3    
Version: 3.12.0   
Hardware: PC   
OS: All   

Description MD 2015-07-30 15:45:33 UTC
When composing a new message, Claws creates timed backup copies in the “Drafts” folder.  But one "enhancement" changed the behavior to also mark/show those drafts as being "New".

This change, while it might seem logical to some people, is actually very confusing to others.  It has already caused a lot of support issues for my department- people calling and asking why it is doing that, why they have new Email, etc.  Even to me it is annoying, because it looks like I have new Email and don't..... a timed backup really isn't something new, it is a special situation.  If claws is killed or the system crashes or whatever, I believe it detects this and will pull up the in-process compose window from the backup, so there is no need to show it as new.

I propose the change be reverted or there should at least be a preference setting for this behavior.