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 >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >>> To post to this group, send an 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/smug?hl=en-GB. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >> To post to this group, send an 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/smug?hl=en-GB. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an 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/smug?hl=en-GB. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an 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/smug?hl=en-GB.
