Re: [Gmail-Users] Disappearing emails

When I have a message I want to reply to later, typically I "star" the message and leave it in the Inbox (don't Archive it yet). Once I've replied to it, I remove the star and archive that conversation. Everyone has their own work flow that appeals to them. Gmail gives us lots of tools to make

Re: [Gmail-Users] Disappearing emails

On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 7:51 AM, bill hansen wrote: Thanks Jeff - but my problem isn't that I want to delete only part of an > email, or that I don't understand what "delete" means. > ​... > ​You can never delete part of an email. That's impossible.​ What Jeff was

Re: [Gmail-Users] Disappearing emails

On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 8:05 AM, bill hansen 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.

Re: [Gmail-Users] Disappearing emails

I've had Gmail since it was Invite-Only, and I have yet to pass 50% of its capacity. I don't delete emails - I archive them, and if it turns out later that I need to find them, I can search for them (Google's speciality) or if I suspect ahead if time I might want to get back to that email, I

Re: [Gmail-Users] Disappearing emails

Thanks Jeff - but my problem isn't that I want to delete only part of an email, or that I don't understand what "delete" means. My problem is that the email simply disappears. It's not in Trash, All Mail, Spam, Archived Mail, or (of course) not in the InBox. If I were prescient enough that I

Re: [Gmail-Users] Disappearing emails

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