Answers.Body: <p>Yes, that should be fine. I think the original reasons behind not including it were some combination of:</p>
  
  <p>a. It was for the CiviCase folks, where we did not want to delete anything</p>
  
  <p>b. It was used internally, so spam was not an issue</p>
  
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Body: <p>the activities of type incoming emails seems to be hardcoded to not have the edit or delete button, even for admin.</p>
  
  <p>Some of my users need to be able to delete it (eg. if it's a spam email) or edit it (if it's mangled somehow). Is there an option?</p>
  
  <p>Would it make sense to write an extension to allow it? It isn't an issue of permission, as if you alter the url, you can still delete them</p>
  
  <p>X+</p>
  
Tags: <activities>
Title: Can we enable deleting/modifying incoming emails?
ThreadText: # Can we enable deleting/modifying incoming emails?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2015-05-11)
  
  the activities of type incoming emails seems to be hardcoded to not have the edit or delete button, even for admin.
  
  Some of my users need to be able to delete it (eg. if it's a spam email) or edit it (if it's mangled somehow). Is there an option?
  
  Would it make sense to write an extension to allow it? It isn't an issue of permission, as if you alter the url, you can still delete them
  
  X+
  
  **Tags:** activities
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2015-05-11. Score: 0 | Accepted answer
  
  Yes, that should be fine. I think the original reasons behind not including it were some combination of:
  
  a. It was for the CiviCase folks, where we did not want to delete anything
  
  b. It was used internally, so spam was not an issue
  
  
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