RE: making google default inbox

2020-02-18 Thread Simon A Fogarty
ries Sent: Wednesday, 19 February 2020 8:41 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: making google default inbox Hi Petrus, Leave well enough alone. As I mentioned, these aren't really folders, they are labels.. Thus, yes, if you delete something from the All Mail folder, it will

Re: making google default inbox

2020-02-18 Thread Petrus Tuerlings
Thanks Tim, I’ll just leave it be. > On 19/02/2020, at 08:40, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi Petrus, > > Leave well enough alone. As I mentioned, these aren't really folders, they > are labels.. Thus, yes, if you delete something from the All Mail folder, it > will delet

Re: making google default inbox

2020-02-18 Thread Patrick Ford
Tim, this was a very clear answer. It shed light on how mail and music are organized. Thanks. patrick > On Feb 18, 2020, at 2:40 PM, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi Petrus, > > Leave well enough alone. As I mentioned, these aren't really folders, they > are labels.. Thus,

Re: making google default inbox

2020-02-18 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi Petrus, Leave well enough alone. As I mentioned, these aren't really folders, they are labels.. Thus, yes, if you delete something from the All Mail folder, it will delete it from everywhere. It's not using up any extra space. Think of it like a database. The All Mail is the master list

Re: making google default inbox

2020-02-18 Thread Petrus Tuerlings
So if I was to delete all of the messages in my All mail folder, would this delete them from the rest of my labeled folders? I have over 500 unread messages in my All Mail folder and thousands of read messages. I have folders created for any important emails I wish to keep so don’t see why I nee

Re: making google default inbox

2020-02-18 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi Patrick, Google likes to do things a little different than most. The things we know as mailboxes in most iMap mail accounts like iCloud and other services are known as labels in Google. this is not just a semantic difference, but is just the way Google does things. Apple Mail and other ma

Re: making google default inbox

2020-02-18 Thread Patrick Ford
Hi TIm, Thank you for your help. I do have two account; google and iCloud. The way I hear the mailbox list is this: at the top, there is inbox, under this there is iCloud and then google; then there is junk which under this has also iCloud and google; then there are the archive boxes, then import

Re: making google default inbox

2020-02-18 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, All Google mail goes to the All Mail label no matter what. That is the nature of the Google eMail service structure. I suspect that you are simply focused on the All Mail label/mailbox instead of the main InBox for your Google account. Do you have multiple accounts in the Mail app? If n