Please keep the dedicated DeltaChat folder

[ian]

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Don't remove the option “Move automatically to DeltaChat Folder"!

Hello Delta Chat team, I recently received a system message in DeltaChat stating that the “Move automatically to DeltaChat Folder” option will no longer be supported in the future. I’ve been using Delta Chat for a really long time. And the ability to store my Delta Chat messages in my normal Email account was one of the most important reasons why I chose Delta Chat as my messenger. Firstly, this gives me the freedom to choose my preferred Email provider. Secondly, I have access to the message…

It may be unobvious that the "Deltachat" folder use case is going away (update: is apparently still being looked into)

I only realized by accident in the “Advanced” menu that 1. “Only Fetch from DeltaChat Folder” is marked as a “Legacy Option”, and 2. even from that wording it wasn’t entirely obvious to me it was going away soon. Important update: read the latest messages in the thread, it’s not decided yet whether it’ll go away or get migrated to a new per-relay option. Since this option removal might be catastrophic for some setups, I feel like a more obvious announcement would help. Or is that just me thinki…