That sounds like storage on the Gmail server. A lot of that gets weeded out by Google (trash, spam, etc.) You can set the Mail client not to leave messages you download on the server.
As for storage, I use Time Machine backup. I have had to restore mail folders from it once, but it works pretty reliably. I also make a habit of creating a mailbox right in the folder list for messages I want to save for later, which I call "Archive." I've done this for years. Teresa "Nobody ever tells me anything!"--James Forsyte, quoted in the Forsyte Saga On May 4, 2012, at 12:15 PM, Traci wrote: > Ok, thanks for that info. > > I just hit command-shift-M to show my mailboxes, then command-I to look at > info. My quota limit shows I'm using 1.24GB and I have 10.74GB to use in > total. Does this mean on my Mac, or on gMail server? > > It's a pretty cool area, it shows how much each folder contains. > > Traci > Sent by Macbook Air Mail > > On May 4, 2012, at 12:00 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: > >> Not sure I would worry about it. Compared to modern computer disk space it's >> probably not worth your time to weed out mail all that much. For example, >> your email was about 8k of text. That means if I get 50 simmilar messages in >> a day we have 400K. At that rate, a full year would take about 150MB. Most >> folks nowdays have hard drives sized somewhere north of 100GB, so you could >> store 7 years of email with 1% of your disk space or less. Even if you take >> more space than that, if would have to be significant before having much >> impact on your disk space. Even if you do have a smallish hard drive, a >> 250GB 2.5" laptop drive is running around $65, so what is your time worth? >> >> CB >> >> On 5/4/12 1:35 PM, Traci wrote: >>> How do you guys deal with mail msg storage? >>> >>> I understand the benefit of storing my msgs on my mac with spotlight and >>> all, but is there a way to keep an eye on how much space they are taking up? >>> >>> I'm tempted to just not store any of them. After all, this is what I'm use >>> to. The messages I'm interested in keeping are still on Google, correct? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Traci >>> Sent by Macbook Air Mail >>> >>> -- >>> 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. -- 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.
