Well, again, I may try your suggestions this week-end, and will let you
know what I accomplish.
If things don't go well, I may be back in touch, but I'll do it privately,
rather than via the list.
73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "T. Joseph Carter" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 6:42 PM
Subject: Re: Slightly Off Topic: E-mail Question
> Ahh but you see, the Gmail remembers "All Mail" unless you delete it
> and empty the trash. Messages are archived, not deleted, otherwise.
> Just because you don't sync "All Mail" doesn't mean it's not there.
>
> The only safe way to get that stuff out of Gmail's hands is to know
> what's there and move it somewhere else. I've avoided the archiving
> problem, but all of my current mail still lives on Google. Doing
> something about that requires I move it somewhere else and then empty
> the All Mail folder.
>
> It's in the works.
>
> Joseph - KF7QZC
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 01, 2011 at 04:23:36PM -0400, Tom Behler wrote:
>> Thanks very much, Joseph, and I share your nervousness, which is
>> another
>>reason why I want to get rid of that darn "all mail" folder.
>>
>>Besides, I just don't need to store all of those messages anyway.
>>
>>I'll work through your steps when I get time here.
>>
>>73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "T. Joseph Carter" <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 4:15 PM
>>Subject: Re: Slightly Off Topic: E-mail Question
>>
>>
>>> Go to the Gmail website, select Options (the gear icon), then Mail
>>> Settings.
>>>
>>> On the Mail Settings page, there are several sub-pages for different
>>> options. Select Labels. From here you can find the All Mail label.
>>> Options for it are Show and Hide within Gmail itself, and then a
>>> checkbox for Show in IMAP. Deselect the checkbox. All Mail will no
>>> longer show up as an IMAP folder, and you can now delete your local
>>> copy without incident.
>>>
>>> I disable this folder because I never "Archive" messages. If I am
>>> done with it, it goes into Trash and is cleared out. My eventual
>>> plan is to migrate away from using this email address (and Gmail)
>>> entirely. At that time, I will use the All Mail folder to ensure
>>> that no mail is left behind. I'm personally getting a bit nervous
>>> just how much of my life Google has indexed in their databases, if
>>> you know what I mean!
>>>
>>> Joseph - KF7QZC
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 03:02:53PM -0400, Tom Behler wrote:
>>>>Hello, everyone.
>>>>
>>>>I am trying to get my personal g-mail account to work with Windows Live
>>>>Mail
>>>>on a Windows 7 laptop, but am having an interesting problem as I work
>>>>with
>>>>my g-mail account.
>>>>
>>>>Specifically, in my list of g-mail folders, there is a folder called
>>>>"all
>>>>mail".
>>>>
>>>>This appears to be an archive of some sort, that contains every e-mail I
>>>>have ever received, replies to relevant e-mails, etc., all the way back
>>>>to
>>>>about 2009, when I first set up my g-mail account.
>>>>
>>>>There are literally several hundred thousand e-mails in this "all mail"
>>>>folder.
>>>>
>>>>I really don't need this folder, and I have tried to delete it, but with
>>>>no
>>>>luck.
>>>>
>>>>I also have tried going into the folder and deleting messages in groups,
>>>>but
>>>>again, no luck.
>>>>
>>>>It seems that G-mail is blocking this action.
>>>>
>>>>Having all of these e-mails in my "all mail" folder is slowing things
>>>>down
>>>>unnecessarily, and I'd like to get rid of this extra e-mail baggage.
>>>>
>>>>Does anyone have any ideas as to how to accomplish this?
>>>>
>>>>Do I actually have to go into my g-mail account to do this, and if so,
>>>>what
>>>>exactly do I do?
>>>>
>>>>Since this quiry may be considered to be "off topic" to some, please
>>>>respond
>>>>to me personally at:
>>>>
>>>>[log in to unmask]
>>>>
>>>>Thanks much.
>>>>
>>>>Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>>
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