thunderbird / thunderbird/thunderbird-android

Deleting an email in GMail issue

Open
#9,616 2 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

unconfirmed
Dominant language
Kotlin
Stars
14k
Forks
2.8k
Avg merge
3d 3h
Merged PRs (30d)
57

Description

Checklist
  • I have used the search function to see if someone else has already submitted the same bug report.
  • I will describe the problem with as much detail as possible.
App

Thunderbird for Android

App version

12.0b5

Where did you get the app from?

Google Play

Android version

16 and 14

Device model

Pixel 9, OnePlus Nord N30 5G

Steps to reproduce

Happens every time I delete an email
The pixel is a fresh install

When I delete any email on the gmail IMAP email and then log into to gmail website the email will still be in the inbox. It does remove it from the android app folder and it won't show up again. I also use Yahoo and Mail.com. Both are IMAP and moves the email to the Trash folder when I delete the email.

For the IMAP prefix I do have [Gmail]/ as I have done for years.

Sync server deletions is checked
Mark as read when deleted is checked
When I delete a message I have Delete from server
Erase deleted messages on server I have Immediately

Expected behavior

Move the email to the trash folder

Actual behavior

Removes it from the app inbox only but leaves in on the server inbox.

Logs

No response

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reproducing the deletion flow with a Gmail IMAP account using the reported Thunderbird for Android settings, then trace the Android mail-deletion path. Done means deleting a message removes it from the Gmail inbox and places it in Gmail's Trash, while preserving the reported Yahoo and Mail.com behavior.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
android, kotlin
Domain
mobile
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.