Comment 29 for bug 885525

I came to Bugzilla to report this exact bug. I keep going through the comments looking for a solution, but all I see are flames^H^H^H^H messages about what is or is not relevant about what one thinks.

I will try to explain why I believe this is a bug (although <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=533140#c12"> this comment </a> seems to state the opposite).

By default, when deleting a message from a folder via IMAP, Gmail only removes the label from the message. The message itself is still there, and can still be found in [Gmail]/All mail. This is the preferred behavior for me, because I want to be able to search through messages, while keeping a clean inbox.

However, in Thunderbird 3.0, deleting a message from Inbox will automatically move it to [Gmail]/Trash. Which means the message will be gone in 30 days (or sooner, if I empty the trash folder). This is not something I want to happen.

So I tried setting Thunderbird to move deleted items to "[Gmail]/All mail". However, just as the bug description states, the messages are still moved to [Gmail]/Trash. Which leads me to believe that Thunderbird ignores that setting for Gmail.

As I have stated before, I do not want this to happen, and I do not want Thunderbird second-guessing me about where I want the messages to go.

I know that I can accomplish a similar thing using the "archive" feature, but after years of using "delete", I tend to press it by default. Which can lead to loss of e-mails.