Multiple drafts created due to Gmail (webapp) autosave feature

[ShrirajHegde]

Description

To Reproduce…

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Keep Mailspring open
2. Goto webapp of connected gmail account and start creating an email
3. Write normally and give enough time to let Gmail Autosave
4. Check multiple partial drafts in Mailspring

Expected Behavior

Single latest draft in mailspring

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Setup

• OS and Version: Fedora Linux 34
  • Installation Method: RPM
• Mailspring Version: 1.9.2-6e14dad1

Additional Context

Same issue:

Mailspring creates many copies of a draft when editing a draft in Google Inbox or Gmail

Description Anytime I receive an email and open a draft in Mailspring and then proceed to edit that draft in Google Inbox or Gmail, Mailspring starts to generate many separate draft copies of the email being composed in Gmail or Inbox. Each draft seems to be a snapshot the draft in Gmail or Inbox at various stages. It can generate nearly a hundred drafts for long emails. Setup OS and Version: Ubuntu 17.10 Installation Method: .deb Mailspring Version: 1.1.0-7563b09d Additional Context Gmai…

@bengotow 's reply

@bengotow

Hey! Thanks for reporting this — this is definitely a bug. IMAP is really gross and there’s actually no way to “update” a draft, so it needs to delete and re-create the draft with different text. It sounds like the “delete” part of that operation is failing. Stay tuned—

I don’t think IMAP delete is failing since cosing and reopening mailspring updates and performs delete properly.

One possible fix I can think of is to trigger update upon encountering multiple emails with same senders and subject, or just identical subject. Because after mailspring says checking for mail... the multiple draft issue seems to sort itself out. If the same thing is triggered more often or especially upon encountering same subjectline, this could probably be solved.