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12 Jul 2019, 09:11 PM | #1 |
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New misleading warning message in Trah folder
Hi there,
seems like Fastmail has implemented a warning message in auto-deleted folders like Trash. The notice says "Items in Trash for more than X days will be automatically deleted" That’s not true, is it? Actually, the rule is "Items in Trash which are older than X days will be automatically deleted within the next 24 hours". For auto-delete it dosn’t matter when I put the message in Trash but only when I received it. Could be dangerous for people who rely on messages being kept in Trash folder for the set time. |
13 Jul 2019, 08:48 AM | #2 |
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Thanks for the observation - I hadn't seen that notice before.
And I think your take on it is correct - possibly could be misleading. Also, pinned messages don't get auto-deleted. Maybe raise a ticket? |
13 Jul 2019, 12:52 PM | #3 |
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There's a similar message in all folders you created and flagged to delete items older than x days.
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13 Jul 2019, 01:58 PM | #4 | |
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According to the help system for folders:
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When you add the auto-purge property to a folder, the user interface clearly states that only unpinned messages are deleted. I have created a folder with a 14 day auto-purge property. I moved messages received in 2005 into that folder. They are not immediately purged. I will wait a couple of days and see if the are still there. My guess is that the will be there for 14 days after they were moved to that folder. Bill Last edited by n5bb : 13 Jul 2019 at 02:03 PM. |
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14 Jul 2019, 10:45 PM | #5 | |
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I did a similar testing, and in my case, the message was gone the next day. What’s the result in your case, is the message still there? Cheers, Michael |
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23 Jul 2019, 05:58 PM | #6 |
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After doing another test, I can confirm that for me the auto-purge works exactly like I described above and that the notice shown is lying. :-)
I put two one-year-old mail in trash and pinned one of them. My trash folder has set an auto-purge interval of seven days. The next day the unpinned mail was gone, the pinned one was still there. So to me it seems like Fastmail is scanning all auto-purge folders once a day for mails that are older than the time set for deletion, no matter when the mail has been put into the folder. Pinned messages aren’t deleted at all. I’ve raised a ticket about that – let’s see what will happen… |
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