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Keeping deleted emails

My deleted emails are removed from my computer after a very short time. How can I stop that from happening? I have looked in email preferences but can't find how to change that. I assume that is controlled through my iMac email?

iMac 27″, macOS 10.15

Posted on May 3, 2021 6:42 AM

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Posted on May 3, 2021 7:30 AM

See the article Change Mailbox Behaviours preferences in Mail on Mac - Apple Support

The Mails should be archived Archive emails in Mail on Mac - Apple Support

Note : if Apple ID is set with gmail services the mails are automatically archived in IMAP account .

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May 4, 2021 8:26 AM in response to tygb

That his what my settings are and it still deletes my trash after 1 week. I have mine set to never delete my deleted messages.


As I said - Presently, my mail preferences are set to never delete deleted messages but there is next to nothing in my Trash folder (the last date of Trash is April 26/21). That is in my iCloud Trash folder. In my On My Mac Trash folder, there is nothing.

Keeping deleted emails

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