I’m not sure what the typical procedure of handling messages on the server should look like.
In Settings >> Chat and media
there are two options for deleting old messages:
Delete messages from device
(After 1 hour / day / week / month / year, defaultNever
)Delete messages from server
(At once, After 1 hour / day / week / month / year, defaultNever
)
Wouldn’t it make sense to have that options on a per chat bases as well or instead?
Because if I try to delete a chat (with the three dots offering a Select all
option), the message says:
Delete 1 chat? It will no longer be shown in the chat list, its messages will remain on the server.
If I try to delete a message (and there is no Select all
option), the message says:
Delete 1 message here and on the server?
So it’s not possible to simply delete all messages of an individual chat on the server, except to select each individual message before clicking the Trash
icon?
I’m mainly asking because I was thinking of using a chat for receiving status messages from a server, but it doesn’t make sense to keep that messages around, and it would be cumbersome always having to delete them manually.
Another observation:
Even if I delete all messages from a chat, the following messages remain on the server:
- The message display confirmations (“Message opened”).
- The “Secure-Join” messages (vc-request-with-auth / vc-contact-confirm / vc-contact-confirm-received).