[Evolution-users] Wastebasket

[Pete Biggs]

On Mon, 2025-10-20 at 11:14 +0100, Mark Stanton via evolution-users
wrote:
> When is the wastebasket supposed to empty?
> 
> I'd assumed (dangerous, I know) it would happen on closing Evolution,
> or on reboot/restart, or perhaps according to the "Archiving" tab on
> the folder properties (mine is set to delete after five days).
> 
> Imagine my surprise just now when I looked at the wastebasket and it
> has over five hundred messages in it dating back eight months.
> 

What does Edit -> Preferences -> Mail Preferences say in the "Delete
Mail" section on the General tab.

P.