Thanks a lot Joe. I understand the concept better now. Take care, Lyn & Twinny On Feb 14, 2010, at 2:58 PM, Joe Plummer wrote:
> Yes, you will need to go to Google email site to do this. You really don't > need to delete the trash in Google because it does it auto every 30 days > that each message is 30 days old. The way I understand it is your spam, > trash folder and your sent mail and all mail folder under your Google name > account in the what ever mail client you are using these are just showing up > on your computer they are not really on it. I think you can find more out in > the help session of your Google email account. I use IMAP in outlook 2003 > and outlook 2007 for my Google accounts at home and work and this seems to > be what it is for me. So I don't never worry about the other folders just my > inbox. Unless I need to look up something I deleted or sent. Hope this helps > some. > > > > > Sign, > JP ( Joe Plummer) > [email protected] > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lyn & Twinny > Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 8:11 AM > To: Mac Visionaries > Subject: question about mail and IMAP > > Hi list, > > I hope this question is not off topic. I am having a bit of an issue with > the mail application and IMAP settings. Maybe I am doing something wrong > here but if anyone could help with this, that would be greatly appreciated. > I have set up my gmail account in mail using IMAP. However, I am not sure > of my settings because whenever I delete messages in the "all mail folder", > they keep coming back, even after I have deleted the trash. Either there's > something wrong with my settings or could this mean I have to go into my > gmail account on the website and delete the messages in the "all mail > folder" there? If anyone could help me solve this mystery, I'd be very > grateful. > > Thanks and have a good one. > > Lyn & Twinny > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
