On Sun, Sep 06, 2015 at 10:42:56AM +0200, Michael Tatge wrote: > * On Sun, Sep 06, 2015 12:58AM +0200 Suvayu Ali (fatkasuvayu+li...@gmail.com) > muttered: > > On Sat, Sep 05, 2015 at 09:10:20PM +0200, Michael Tatge wrote: > > > * On Sat, Sep 05, 2015 10:52AM -0400 Xu Wang (xuwang...@gmail.com) > > > muttered: > > > > Whenever I delete a message, GMail still puts it in All mail. How can > > > > I delete it permanently? > > > > > > You can only delete messages in "All mail" via the web frontend. Blame > > > google... > > > > This is incorrect. See my comments at the end of this message: > > > > <http://mid.gmane.org/20150821130614.gd31...@chitra.no-ip.org> > > I see, thanks for the pointer. > https://support.google.com/mail/answer/78755?hl=en > "If you delete a message from your inbox or one of your custom folders > in your IMAP client, it will still appear in [Gmail]/All Mail." > [...] > If you delete a message from [Gmail]/Spam or [Gmail]/Trash, it will be > deleted permanently." > > https://support.google.com/mail/answer/78892 > "Do not save deleted messages to your [Gmail]/Trash folder because this > will delete a message in all folders." > > So that's what you need to do. :) > Save messages to be deleted forever in [Gmail]/Trash, then empty > [Gmail]/Trash.
The simpler method is to just deactivate IMAP access to "All Mail". -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free.
