Apple Mail/Gmail 77 Responses

Last post: 2 years, 1 month ago | Thread started: May 23, 09, 11:34 a.m.

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• desmo

  If you use gmail using the built in Apple Mail program, are the emails downloaded and saved on your local hard drive?

  Just wondering if I use Mail, gmail will take up my HD space.

  May 23, 09, 11:34 a.m. – Permalink

• sublocked

  use imap. then emails are on your computer and stored on gmail.

  

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  Dog-earMay 23, 09, 11:35 a.m. – Permalink

• SoulFly

  wait- what is this?
  I use both gmail and apple mail

  

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  Dog-earMay 23, 09, 1:04 p.m. – Permalink

• ckentish

  got what you worried about - you running a commodore 64k or summat - emails take up little space

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  Dog-earMay 23, 09, 1:32 p.m. – Permalink

• desmo

  Seems like since I synced Mail App with gmail, ive dropped about 3GB of HDD space. and I seem to be losing more space every day.

  Is there any way to not have the emails stored on my computer? So I can keep my HDD space?

  

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  Dog-earJan 2, 10, 7:26 p.m. – Permalink

• acescence

  you got your answer in the first response, use IMAP, don't store messages locally.

  

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  Dog-earJan 2, 10, 7:34 p.m. – Permalink

• raf

  Gmail doesn't use folders, it uses labels. It keeps emails in "All mail" folder and their copies under every label (represented in Mail as folders). As a result labeled messages are kept in two places in your computer ("all mail" folder and "label" folders).
  This is true if you're using IMAP, not sure about pop3.

  

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  Dog-earJan 2, 10, 7:37 p.m. – Permalink

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  Dog-earJan 2, 10, 7:48 p.m. – Permalink