I'm not Darcy, but the answer to your question is yes. The all mail folder contains all of your mail.
-Joshua On Nov 10, 2010, at 11:08 AM, Linda Adams wrote: > Darcy, > I am using Imap and actually had the All Mail hidden previously. I can hide > it again, I just wondered why it exists. Everything in the All Mail folder is > also in my Inbox or other mailboxes I have set up, right? > > Thanks for the information, > Linda > > On Nov 9, 2010, at 12:19 PM, Darcy Burnard wrote: > >> Linda, are you using pop or imap with gmail? If you're using imap, you can >> have gmail just not show you the all mail folder. I can't remember the name >> of it, but there is a google labs feature you enable that gives you more >> control over what mailboxes are shown with imap. This is what I did, and I >> don't see the all mail folder. >> There's a great article from tidbits on how best to set up gmail with mac >> mail. >> Here is the url. >> http://db.tidbits.com/article/10253 >> HTH. >> Darcy >> >> On 2010-11-09, at 11:52 AM, David Hole wrote: >> >>> Hi Linda. >>> I'll just add that the reason for this "All Mail"-folder is that this >>> folder is where all mails ends when you click Archive when using the >>> web-interface in gmail. >>> I don't know how much you know about how gmail handles mail, but in short, >>> the folders is known as labels. When a mail is found only in "All Mail", it >>> means that it has no labels. Inbox for example, is a label, like the one >>> you have called Macvisionaries when using Google terminology. >>> -David >>> Den 09.11.2010 17:21, skrev Linda Adams: >>>> Carolyn, >>>> >>>> Now why didn't I think of that. I've used command A for other purposes. >>>> The folder is now empty. Thanks again. >>>> >>>> Linda >>>> >>>> On Nov 9, 2010, at 10:51 AM, Carolyn wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Linda: >>>>> Find that all-mail mailbox. Go over to messages. Interact with >>>>> messages, go to subject. Do command A to select all, and press delete. >>>>> VO should then say, "no rows selected." >>>>> HTH >>>>> Carolyn >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> From: Linda Adams >>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 8:38 AM >>>>> Subject: Apple Mail and Google >>>>> >>>>> Hi everyone, >>>>> >>>>> Today I noticed my top level Gmail mailbox was collapsed. When I >>>>> expanded it I found over 6,000 messages in my "All Mail" folder. Of >>>>> course, the very same messages had already been in my Inbox or my >>>>> Macvisionaries mail box and had already been read and deleted. >>>>> >>>>> Is there a way to delete all of them in one fell swoop. When I switched >>>>> to thread mode, there are still over 1,000. I checked the menus and >>>>> elsewhere but found nothing to empty a specific mailbox? >>>>> >>>>> Also, is it possible to just prevent messages going to 2 mailboxes at the >>>>> same time or delete this "All Mail" mailbox or is that not advisable? >>>>> >>>>> As always, thanks for your information and advice. >>>>> >>>>> Linda >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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 >>>>> [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 >>>>> [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. >> > > -- > 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.
