Comment 109 for bug 214366

(In reply to Ulf Zibis from comment #97)
> (In reply to Josiah Bruner [:JosiahOne] from comment #82)
> > So this seems like a fine approach to me. I think that we should call each
> > folder "folder(x)" instead of "folder-x", as it more clearly indicates
> > duplicates though. People may already have folders called Name-Subname or
> > the like, so another reason to use parenthesis.
> +1
> The "(x)" pattern is well known from file managers, so why differ here?
Josiah does not propose to differ. The last patch does rename to (x).

> > I also definitely think we should expand this to other folders, not just trash.
> (In reply to :aceman from comment #84)
> > But I think I could make that dialog with Yes/Cancel options meaning
> > Rename/Cancel. For Trash, the rename would happen without question.
> (In reply to Josiah Bruner [:JosiahOne] from comment #85)
> > Yeah, for trash moving automatically is fine.
> I think, the decision if a dialogue is shown should not be upon destination
> folder Trash, but upon the involved action:
> Delete action -> automatically rename to Folder(x)
> Move/Copy action -> ask user for renaming or cancel
> Reasons:
> - If user uses Move/Copy instead of the easier Delete he may have some
> special reason e.g. using the Trash as temporary location, so user should be
> warned as for any other Move/Copy.
I think user should never move to Trash as temporary measure. Notice may have the automatic mechanisms enabled that remove messages from trash (retention settings e.g. old messages, only x last messages, etc.) so he may easily loose those temporarily moved messages. He gets the warning about "Really delete" in both of the cases you describe. That should be a clue for him.