Hi all, Thought I would pass this one on as I just learned of it last night on today in ios. If you double tap and hold on the archive button you will receive a dialog which will let you delete the message you have selected after you whent into the edit mode. HTH.
matthew Dyer matthewdyer...@msn.com On Dec 28, 2012, at 3:57 PM, Steve Holmes wrote: > Let me take this in a couple parts. First of all, The iOS mail client > handles gmail stuff pretty well; just make sure the option for > archiving is turned off; this will give you a delete button instead. > It sounds like you are doing that part already. Now, there's nothing > wrong with trash going into the proper trash folder on the gmail IMAP > server because they purge out old trash on a regular basis and I think > you can forcably empty the trash earlier than the usual 30 days or > whatever. I have personally never run into space problems due to a > heavy amount of trash sitting around. > > With the Mac side, configuring Mail on the Mac is a bit tricky to make > all trash go to the grash folder on the server. I know, you said you > didn't wanna have trash to there but gmail manages emptying the trash > automatic and basically no bother for us users. > > Asside from all that, if you do really want to have trash stored on > the local disk (on the Mac), then I beleive there is an option to > empty trash folders on program exit. Sorry I don't have any more > specific info than that. > > On 12/27/12, Chris Gilland <clgillan...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I have a question which I really hope one of you can answer. >> >> This question pertains both to I O S, as well as to O S X. All of my e-mail >> accounts are set up via IMap. I don't have any that are pop3. With this >> said, I am extremely forgetful when it comes to clearing out my sent items >> folders, and my deleted items folders. Especially on I O S, I usually just >> delete the mail, and then am done with it. This means that over time, my >> trash folders for each mailbox get really full of gunk, and my sent >> mailboxes do as well. I know on O S X, I can hit command+shift+delete to >> delete all mail in all trash folders, which I do remember to do on >> occasions, but even that sometimes is not something I always remember to do. >> Ultimately, I'd like to make this process more automatically seemless. >> Here lies my question. Is there a way I can have it where when I quit Mail >> on my Mac, it will automatically perge not only my local trash mailbox, but >> also will automatically delete all mail in all trash folders in all my IMap >> accounts? Also, can I have I O S set so that when I delete e-mails, they do >> not then go to the mailbox's trash folder on the imap server? If you're >> reading this going, ok, you're rambling… what is it exactly you're trying to >> do. Basically, I want to on I O S be able to turn my rotor to actions, then >> immediately flick down, then double tap to delete an e-mail, then not have >> to even worry about then going in and wiping the trash folder for that >> account. When I delete, I don't want it in my trash folder locally, nor on >> the imap server. I want it to just be bam! gone forever all eternity. I >> know you all probably are saying, um… I wouldn't do that if I was you… I >> know, I know the whole thing about, well crud! where'd that e-mail from Jain >> Doe go? I know, I know. I insist though. this really is how I want it. I >> want it this way in Mail on my mac as well. Is there a way I can make this >> happen? >> >> Thanks. >> >> Chris. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
