KMail trash folder?

[Tim]

Timothy Murphy wrote:
> > I use KMail accessing mail on an IMAP server.
> > In my case I can choose the Trash folder,
> > by going to KMail=>Settings=>Configure KMail=>Accounts,
> > then highlighting the appropriate account,
> > and clicking on Modify=>Advanced,
> > where there is an option to choose the Trash folder.

Alan Evans:
> Thanks for the reply. My account is POP3, and I see no reference to
> the Trash folder on that dialog.

I wouldn't expect there to be.  With IMAP, mail is stored on the server,
and you can pick where "trash" is kept, as different servers may have
differently named folders preset and waiting for you, so the client lets
you choose, else you can end up with several different trash folders.
Or, you may immediately delete mail, without any place to keep it before
actually purging it.

But POP drags mail from the server to you, and you keep it all on your
computer.  Generally, your client would have its own preset trash
folders, already, for mail being deleted, so there's no need to let you
pick one.

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.

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.

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