I can't empty trash

[ohynek96]

It would by nice to have some sort of empty button in trash folder or possibility to manually delete emails from this folder.

[Aleixenandros]

And from the spam folder

[LiHRaM]

I'd like to tackle this one. :)

[LiHRaM]

I'm thinking something like this, where there's a delete button next to the importance marker and an empty all option at the top. Any thoughts?

[ohynek96]

I think that this layout would be perfect. Maybe "Empty Trash now" button will be enough. Because if we talk about Trash folder I can think about only two action. First to recover some email and second to empty trash (all emails at once). Also option for automatically empty trash after closing the app can be useful.

[mikeseese]

I like it! If there is an option for automatically emptying trash (not necessary), it should be turned off by default

[LiHRaM]

Well, there is already a function for automatically emptying trash every n days. Instead of creating a new option for emptying trash every time you close, how about changing the setting to 1 day? I don't know if this is possible within Nylas, but that would be a more feasible option, I think.

[LiHRaM]

https://github.com/nylas-mail-lives/nylas-mail/blob/eb532c574769419be9af7e96a349c67fdc545a5c/packages/client-app/spec/mailbox-perspective-spec.es6#L182

This looks like bad news. Does anyone know why this wasn't possible at the time, and whether or not it is possible now?

[mikeseese]

that was way before our (the open source community) time

[dweremeichik]

https://github.com/nylas/nylas-mail/issues/599

[LiHRaM]

If anyone is interested, I've been working on porting it from Mailspring here: https://github.com/LiHRaM/nylas-mail/tree/feature/empty-trash-bengotow

[M-ZubairAhmed]

Hi @LiHRaM , i am first time contributor, do you need help with that. If yes could you please guide me to start out the work

[LiHRaM]

@M-ZubairAhmed If you join the slack channel, we can try pairing and finishing this finally. :)

[nirmit]

@LiHRaM Do you need any help with this? I can pitch in :)

[LiHRaM]

@nirmit That would be appreciated. I have a university project I'm turning in, in a couple of weeks, so I'm pretty busy.