UWC empty trash button missing

Hello.
One of my users can't see the "empty trash" button in his "manage folders" menu. I've checked that he has messages in the trash folder. His quota is 95% full but as far as I know it has nothing to do with the problem.
Thank you very much.

I found out that having the option "Mark messages as deleted" enabled instead of "Move deleted messages to folder: ..." (Options -> Mail -> Settings) causes the "empty trash" to dissapear.
I hope this helps.

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