Bug 757

Summary:	Deleting Folders Permanently Deletes Messages Within
Product:	Claws Mail (GTK 2)	Reporter:	Abhay S. Kushwaha <clawsmail>
Component:	Folders	Assignee:	users
Status:	REOPENED ---
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P3
Version:	3.13.0
Hardware:	PC
OS:	All

Description Abhay S. Kushwaha 2005-06-21 08:12:30 UTC

Observed behaviour:
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If a user deletes a folder from the folder-tree, the folder and
all its sub-folders along with messages are simply wiped off,
with no scope for undeleting them.

Desired behaviour:
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If user deletes a folder from the folder-tree, it and all its sub
folders should be moved to the Trash folder from where it can be
moved back into the folder-tree if a user wants to undo the action.

If that is not possible, at least all messages within the folder
and any sub-folders should be moved to the Trash folder.

Comment 1 Colin Leroy 2005-06-21 08:35:08 UTC

Quoting the alertpanel that pops up when you delete a folder:

All folders and messages under `$folder' will be deleted.
Do you really want to delete?
[yes] [NO]

Comment 2 Abhay S. Kushwaha 2012-02-09 06:42:57 UTC

I wanted to re-open the discussion on this.

My original request was that if you delete a message, it goes to Trash folder, but the same does not happen for folders and messages within.

My request is that just like a message which is moved to Trash on deletion, the folder and its messages should be moved as-is under Trash.

Please do not confuse my use of "deletion" above to refer to permanent deletion where messages are deleted directly. I am essentially referring to "Move to Trash" aspect of "Delete" feature.

Comment 3 Ricardo Mones 2015-12-06 21:31:05 UTC

Current dialog already says recovery will not be possible, but it's still a valid enhancement request, so reassigning to Claws Mail product.