Gmail: Trash v Bin v Deleted Items?

I'll also post in the main Gmail forum, but maybe someone here can enlighten me please. In the short time that I've been using Gmail (on my desktop PC and here in MAIL on my iPad), I've never grasped the difference between Trash, Bin and *Deleted Items*.

I'd be happy with just one, preferably the last. If I delete a post from my inbox or anywhere else, it seems intuitively obvious that it would go to *Deleted Items*.

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Terry, East Grinstead, UK

Message was edited by: Terry P

PC, Windows XP Pro, iPad 3G 64 GB, Quad core 2.66 GHz PC, HTC Touch Pro 2 (Windows Mobile)

Posted on Sep 9, 2010 2:57 AM

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Sep 11, 2010 7:51 AM in response to Terry P

When you delete an email it's gone. When you send an email(s) to the trash bin it stays there until you delete the email(s) in the trash bin. The trash bin on the iPad is just a fancy folder that looks like a trash bin. When you put emails into it you'll saying to yourself that it is safe to delete these items without further inspection.

The trash bin is like the trash bin on your desktop computer. You can place items into it. The items stay on your computer until you empty the trash bin.

Delete is always delete...gone forever.

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