Re: Evolution email (problem?)
On Thu, 2023-04-27 at 17:17 +0100, Tixy wrote:
> On Wed, 2023-04-26 at 11:05 -0400, Default User wrote:
> > Even if it did not work from a Live Debian session, it makes no
> > sense
> > to me that Evolution could be designed this way. I see no good
> > reason
> > that messages can be directly deleted from any other folder, but
> > not
> > [Gmail]/All Mail.
> >
> > Does anyone have a solution, so that messages must be moved to
> > another
> > folder (if they are not also there already), just to be deleted?
> > Or at
> > least a "good" explanation as to why Evolution appears to be
> > designed
> > this way?
>
> I'd be inclined to blame Gmail's quirks.
>
> Personally, I've used Evolution since Debain 5 without issue, though
> not with Gmail though. Well, except on a work laptop for a few months
> until I realised it didn't behave properly (like hiding your own
> mails
> sent to lists) so I just set up a rule for gmail to forward all mail
> to
> proper IMAP sever (Dovecot) run by me and used that for work email.
>
> --
> Tixy
>
Hi, Tixy:
It is unfortunately a well-known "feature" of Gmail: if you send an
email message, it does not show up in your "Inbox". You have to look
in your "Sent Mail" folder to see it.
But hey, "It's not a bug - it's a feature!"
Right . . .
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