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   Daniel70 to alexyu   
   Re: Keyboard shortcut question   
   27 Feb 26 19:41:09   
   
   From: daniel47@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   On 27/02/2026 1:15 am, alexyu wrote:   
   > Daniel70 wrotescreveu, onem 26 fev 2026 06:07:   
   >   
   >> On 26/02/2026 10:27 am, alexyu wrote:   
   >>> Dirk Fieldhouse wrote, on 25 Feb 2026 08:33:   
   >>>   
   >>>> The Restore option that alexyu and the rest of us want exists: it's   
   >>>> Edit>Undelete Message, mapped to Ctrl+Z; but it works with local trash,   
   >>>> and not with (eg) IMAP folders where the deleted message is moved to   
   >>>> another IMAP folder.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> For that case use Paul's solution above, or equivalently use Move To   
   >>>> from the message's context menu if D'n'D-challenged (say, using an   
   >>>> unreliable touchpad).   
   >>>   
   >>> How/where does "Edit > Undelete Message, mapped to Ctrl+Z" 'exist'?   
   >>> That   option doesn't appear in the Edit menu (not even after   
   >>> deleting a message) in my SM 2.49.5; that's one of the reasons I   
   >>> never thought that "Delete" was/should be the same as "Move to   
   >>> 'Trash'" (never mind WHICH 'Trash' it might be.   
   >>   
   >> Speaking of "Trash", have you, alexyu, selected your "Trash" folder,   
   >> then selected the message you are interested in and then see what   
   >> options you have available to 'undelete' your message or return it to   
   >> its original folder .... or something like that??   
   >   
   > After your original suggestion, I tested it (as I said):  The deleted   
   > message was in the "Local / Trash" folder, and there were the usual   
   > options to 'Move To... / Copy To...', but none to "Undelete Message", if   
   > that's what you meant -- but that seems quite enough to me, since it   
   > allows exactly that result (copying or moving the deleted message back   
   > to its original folder). BTW, I suppose a "Compact Folder" on the one   
   > where the delete and reinstatement have happened, to keep things neat (I   
   > usually do that).   
   >   
   > What I didn't understand in the previous message was the statement that   
   > "Edit > Undelete Message, mapped to Ctrl+Z, exists", since I don't see   
   > exactly that option anywhere -- but, again, that's just curiosity, since   
   > my need has been resolved by your suggestion; thanks again.   
      
   Alexyu, what I might have omitted to mention is that, WHEN you Delete a   
   Message from the Inbox it IS NOT actually deleted.   
      
   All the messages in your Inbox are contained in the one File and each   
   'e-mail' with-in that File begins with a single byte to indicate if the   
   (following) message is NEW (i.e. UNREAD), or has been READ but not   
   deleted or has been DELETED.   
      
   The e-mail is not actually deleted (although it will not be listed in   
   the 'Inbox' at all but will be listed in the 'TRASH' file but marked for   
   deletion) at this stage.   
      
   When you 'Empty Trash' and then 'Compact Folders', the message is really   
   gotten rid of and removed forever! Until this stage, you can reclaim   
   your lost message.   
   --   
   Daniel70   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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