On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 8:05 AM, bill hansen <billhansen2...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Andy - Thanks for your thoughts, especially the info that most Gmail > users never have the trouble I'm having. I should emphasize again that my > Trash doesn't empty, except for that 30+ time period you mention. It's just > the occasional email which is part of a thread, or which has been forwarded > by me to someone else, which disappears. > Bill, now I'm confused. First you said the emails disappeared from everywhere including Trash, now you say they don't disappear from Trash. What, exactly, is the problem you have? Does something disappear after you delete something? Does something disappear so that it isn't in the Trash? You're right, of course, that keeping every email on the desktop would > prevent the situation I'm having. I do keep between 15 and 30 of individual > emails on the desktop, because I know I'll need them repeatedly over the > days or weeks (a particular bread recipe is one example). > ... > Why do you say "desktop"? The thing I suggested was not deleting emails. This means they remain in your All Mail. Andy -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gmail-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to gmail-users@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.