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Gmail archive against delete
Postbox looks absolutely amazing! I have one thing I can't work out though. I use Gmail. If I delete a message it goes to trash whereas I would expect it to be archived and go to All Mail. Is this possible? If it goes to Gmail/Trash won’t it get deleted after thirty days or something?
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Inappropriate?OK - I've found the server settings and I see it can be set from there. But what is the recommeded behaviour for Gmail to reproduce Gmail's archive? Move to All Mail? Or Just mark it as deleted?
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Inappropriate?I still really don't understand how to handle Gmail properly. If you enable All Mail so that Postbox sees it you can unread message twice - one in inbox, one in All Mail. What exactly are the archive settings supposed to be for a Gmail account? Sorry - bit baffled here.
I’m confused
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Inappropriate?Also if you leave the defaults in place Postbox archives to its own archive folder ( a local one?) and leaves the original message in the Gmail inbox, Very promising software but the message handling here is baffling to me.
I’m frustrated
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Inappropriate?Instead of deleting, trying archiving the message (shortcut key: A). That will move it to All Mail if you have it set up that way.1 Comment
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Inappropriate?Account Settings > Server Settings >
Keep archived messages in: [Gmail] > All Mail
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I have been using this since your suggestion yesterday and it is working perfectly! Thanks.
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Inappropriate?Hey. I am in Postbox for Mac. I am trying to make "archive" work as in gmail without success. I can ́t see the "All Mail" folder under <gmail> in the account settings (it just shows sent mail, trash, drafts and starred. I tried to "subscribe to the folder" but it does not appear. Any suggestions?
I would appreciate some help. Otherwise I am loving it...</gmail>
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hi fetalis,
did you set up your account as an imap account? You'll need to dot hat to see the All Mail folder. -
Inappropriate?Thank you Scott for the suggestion. I am almost sure that when I set up the account I chose the "imap" option as the changes I do in the desktop client show up in gmail, and I have imap enabled for my iphone. But, is there a way to check that? An if I am wrong, is there a way to change it?1 Comment Add a comment
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you can check it by going to: Tools / Account Settings / server settings
if the gmail server name has imap in the name you should be good to go.
-Scott
