Mail only keeping one weeks' worth of deleted mails in trash

Mail is supposed to store deleted emails for one month. But my Trash folder on Mail only has deleted emails going back one week. What is going on??

MacBook, macOS 11.2

Posted on Dec 9, 2021 3:49 PM

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tygb

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Dec 10, 2021 8:18 AM in response to mandifromaustin

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

Keep the setting as per screen shot .

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