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.
