Re: KMail trash folder?

[Alan Evans]

On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Tim wrote:

>  I've not used kmail for years, but it occurs to me that if you have
>  options to immediately delete mail, that it would be logical for the
>  trash folder to be removed if you have such a setting set.  So, you
>  could look for such settings.
>  
If there is such a setting, I can't find it. In Settings->Configure
KMail->Misc->Folders there are a couple of checkboxes -- ''Ask for
confirmation before moving all messages to trash" and "Empty local trash
folder on program exit" -- but nothing that tells me where to find the
trash folder's contents in any event.


>  It also occurs to me that you could have accidentally deleted a
> trash
>  folder, or accidentally dragged and dropped it into another folder.
>
>  It could be worth your while to create another user account on your
>  system, log in as that user, then fiddle around with kmail, without
>  risking changing what's currently still working, and without risking
>  losing your mail.  You could try to deliberately break things, to see if
>  you can discover how your trash folder disappeared, where it might have
>  gone, and how to get it back.
>  
Ok. I just did a totally fresh install in a VM. KMail definitely only has
"inbox," "outbox," and "sent-mail" under Local Folders. So
it's not like I
accidentally deleted it.

I tried creating a folder called "Trash" and deleted a message. Still not
there. I tried "Search in all folders" for something that positively must
match a deleted message. Nothing.

I'm beginning to think that the KMail developers are all snickering to each
other as they watch me through my webcam.

-Alan