Re: To gmail or not to gmail (was Re: Fwd: selecting old machines for firewall/router use)
> Hmm, as far as I understand, a message is always present in [Gmail]/All
> Mail', unless moved to [Gmail]/Trash or [Gmail]/Spam. New mail (not
> filtered) goes to my Inbox. If I want to get rid of it for good I move
> it to [Gmail]/Trash, but if I want to "archive" it I just delete the
> Inbox tag for it, since the mail still has the All Mail tag.
Yes. The way Gmail works is different to say the least.
> Maybe this is mutt specific, but if I just delete the mail from Inbox in
> All Mail the message is still marked as unread (a.k.a new).
I experience this same issue when using other clients, notably
Evolution, Outlook, and Mutt. I end up with a lot of duplicate messages
even though there is only one original message delivered to my Gmail
account. This makes things confusing.
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