[ale] OT: gmail question

[Geoffrey Myers]

Paul Cartwright wrote:
> On 02/22/2011 04:41 PM, Geoffrey Myers wrote:
>> So, can someone tell me the purpose of the 'All Mail' 'folder' in gmail?
>>   I delete email and I dump spam, yet there are over 1200+ messages in
>> the 'All Mail' folder.  Many are marked as deleted.
>>
>> Does Google simply keep your email forever???
> in thunderbird, with a gmail IMAP folder, I also have all-mail, and get
> what looks like duplicate messages for everything. They are filtered
> into folders yet stay in all-mail..

That's what I see and I want to get rid of.  I've only got 48 messages 
in the Inbox, that's all I want.

> 
> 


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Until later, Geoffrey

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