Checking IMAP trash settings across devices
18/06/24 Filed in: Mail
I have all my settings set to not delete deleted messages forever .. I just realized that I have no deleted messages past 6/12/2024
This is the very FIRST imap account I have ever used. Because of this reason. I can never find any old messages and now I know why. What am I doing wrong?
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Your trashed mail can live in one of two places on an iMAP or exchange account. Locally on the device or in the cloud. This means you then have two different trash folders. To complicate matters, your mailbox behavior settings (how long trash can sit before it is automatically merged…30 days, a year, when quitting mail, etc…). These settings do not sync across devices so you'd need to check both the settings on the phone as well as any computer you have you mail set up on. So even if you have your mail set to never delete trash, on a different device you might. So to sum up, where is each mail app moving deleted messages and how long are they set to live there?
To find out, in iCloud you have to dig pretty deep…
Settings: iCloud: iCloud Mail: Mailbox Behaviors: then on the next window you can adjust deletes/archived, how soon to delete, and which mailbox your trash will be sent to. (Cloud or local…"on my phone)
On the computer, Mail: Settings: Mailbox behaviors, and you should then see very similar settings. Remember, the settings don't sync so you'd need to make them the same on each device.
This is the very FIRST imap account I have ever used. Because of this reason. I can never find any old messages and now I know why. What am I doing wrong?
__________
Your trashed mail can live in one of two places on an iMAP or exchange account. Locally on the device or in the cloud. This means you then have two different trash folders. To complicate matters, your mailbox behavior settings (how long trash can sit before it is automatically merged…30 days, a year, when quitting mail, etc…). These settings do not sync across devices so you'd need to check both the settings on the phone as well as any computer you have you mail set up on. So even if you have your mail set to never delete trash, on a different device you might. So to sum up, where is each mail app moving deleted messages and how long are they set to live there?
To find out, in iCloud you have to dig pretty deep…
Settings: iCloud: iCloud Mail: Mailbox Behaviors: then on the next window you can adjust deletes/archived, how soon to delete, and which mailbox your trash will be sent to. (Cloud or local…"on my phone)
On the computer, Mail: Settings: Mailbox behaviors, and you should then see very similar settings. Remember, the settings don't sync so you'd need to make them the same on each device.
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