Go poke around in the settings for gmail and Mail: in one of them there's a 
tickbox for archive instead of trash. 

And gmail doesn't delete that simply. I've found plenty of stuff I deleted AND 
emptied the trash, through  the we interface. 

>From my iPhone 

On 8 Jul 2010, at 09:47, Ranulph Glanville <[email protected]> wrote:

> A lot of programs put deleted material in a transitional folder, such as the 
> mac trash. It's a buffer and the file stays there till you finally delete it. 
> I think it's a sort of safety procedure, and not something to be concerned 
> about.
> 
> You just have to empty the trash, as you surely know, Jason!
> 
> I regularly completely empty my gmail trash: but I use gmail almost 
> exclusively to back up my various mail addresses in one place (which I then 
> flush), and to send out of office messages!
> 
> Ranulph
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 8 Jul 2010, at 09:43, Jason Davies wrote:
> 
>> Is this linked to the gmail thing about archive-not-delete? The iPhone seems 
>> to honour the difference (archive instead of trash). You'll probably find 
>> that if the account is set to archive then the delete button has the same 
>> function. 
>> 
>> Which makes me think- how come google wants you never to delete anything? 
>> They want to know you better than you do....
>> 
>> From my iPhone 
>> 
>> On 8 Jul 2010, at 09:15, weejayuk <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi All
>>> First post!
>>> Does anyone know how to get an Archive button the toolbar like the one
>>> in the mobileme web client? I have looked in the customise toolbar
>>> menu setting and it is not there.
>>> 
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>> Will
>>> 
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