If you want to get rid of a message, just delete it. It'll end up in the
trash folder, and it'll be removed from the server in around 30 days.
The All Mail folder is just a list of all of the messages you have on
your Gmail server at the moment, including those in your in box and any
folders you've created and moved messages to.
The email client on your phone also doesn't keep all of your messages
around. It'll just keep the last 50 messages. This is assuming you're
using IMAP with Gmail.
You also have 8G of storage on the server, so it'll be a while before
you fill that up, and that's assuming you don't ever delete anything.
There's a lot of help on line regarding Gmail. I'd suggest going in the
help for Gmail on Google's site and reading up on Gmail, the All Mail
folder, labels and how messages are removed.
On 03/26/2013 06:18 PM, Arnold Schmidt wrote:
If I leave my all mail folder alone, over time, that could take up quite
a bit of space on my phone, especially if there are attachments of any
kind.If I absolutely know I won't ever need a message again, I don't
understand why I need to keep it. But then, I don't know. I have had
very little experience with Gmail, before deciding to use it on my phone.
Arnold Schmidt
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*From:* David Chittenden <mailto:[email protected]>
*To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
*Sent:* Tuesday, March 26, 2013 5:49 PM
*Subject:* Re: general question about the all mail folder
Google doesn't actually use folders. It uses flags. The all mail
folder is the place where all your mail actually exists. Your best
option is to leave all mail alone. Work in your folders.
David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
Email: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
Mobile: +64 21 2288 288
Sent from my iPhone
On 27/03/2013, at 4:55, "Paul and Paula Jordan"
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hi, yesterday I decided to delete all my sent mail. I had a year’s
worth and I did them one at a time. I’ll make sure to delete them
more regularly after this experience!
As I was looking at my folders I came across the all mail
folder. There were some very odd things like test messages and
texts I was trying to play around with when I first got my phone.
Exactly what goes into that folder? All the other folders are
self explanatory.
I went ahead and deleted everything from that folder, from
the drafts folder, and from the spam folder. When I went back to
look at all folders, nothing was left in any of them.
OOOOOOOOOOPS! However, no real harm was done since I don’t think
I had anything really important stored in any of my other folders
like my personal or my work folders that hasn’t been stored on my
work or personal computer. Just wondering what that folder is and
which emails in folders should or should not be deleted.
I hope this isn’t a really stupid question. I’m Always
willing to learn more.Thanks.
God bless!
Paula and Babe
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