That's roughly how I would define an archive. But that's not my question. This folder has created itself and, as far as I can tell, populates itself with emails according to its own criteria. Why is it there?
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What does it do that keeping all these emails in my inbox, sent folder and wherever doesn't do for me? Sorry, I just don't see the point of it. If I wanted to archive emails surely I would create a folder and transfer those I wanted to into it.
Can I safely delete the archive folder? Click to expand.An Archive is not created by default by OS X Mail - it'd be created by one or more of the email accounts you use, if those accounts already have an Archive folder (you could see that by signing into the webmail interface for those accounts). If you're using an iMAP email account (whether Gmail, Yahoo, iCloud, etc.), you will see whatever folders are setup on the IMAP server, including defaults like Archive.
To see exactly what's being archived, click the triangle to the left of the Archive icon. That should reveal the specific account(s) that have archives. ApfelKuchen - Thanks.
That's just the sort of information I was seeking. Yes, my Archive folder contains all the emails - sent, received and in sub-folders - within four of my accounts with an ISP (Virgin Media), which uses the GMail system I believe. I can't actually log into the GMail version of these accounts. It just bounces me off to my ISP. But as you say, each of these accounts probably has an Archive folder. Interestingly, although I can log into my emails using the web in Safari - via my ISP's site - I still don't see an Archive folder. Perhaps it's hidden?
I think I will just leave it. It's not doing any harm. I suspect that even if I could delete the folder, it would return?
Thanks for your help. Click to expand.Yes, I see that. Having an automatic backup on the server is a good idea.
IMAP is quite dangerous I suppose in enabling you to wipe any or all emails from any device that accesses the account. I used to backup my POP emails for the same reason. But at least with POP if you deleted an important email on one device you probably still had it in another one. What's going to happen when all these IMAP accounts get full? Or won't they? Will service providers keep upping the space available as time goes by and memory gets cheaper? Gmail accounts never get full.
I think it's at some 27gb of space right now, it is enough to store a life time of emails. You will lose your account if you switch ISP though.
That's why I never use it and stick with an email address that can follow me for life. (I've had my hotmail account since 97). Also, the 'archive folder' does not equate a back up. If you have anything important that you need a double of, do copy them to another folder or a local folder. Btw, the email account from your ISP which resides inside gmail are managed by google. So your storage grows with google.
Google make enough money to give a large amount of storage to users for free.
Gmail’s archiving feature to Microsoft Outlook Gmail is certainly by far one of the best known mailing platforms and has plethora of handy options available. One such is its archive option which allows you to hide your mails from the inbox or the sent folder. Certainly the mail will be visible when seen in all mails. You could either select the mail and mark it archive or just simply press the ‘e’ button on your keyboard and the purpose is solved. While Gmail seems so easy and convenient Microsoft’s outlook doesn’t have this handy feature.
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In this article we aim to help you to feel the same comfort while using your outlook account as well. How to use Gmail’s archiving feature to Microsoft Outlook Microsoft has recently launched a new version of Outlook for Mac with 2016 Office inbuilt. Though the new version is very nice but it doesn’t allow you to archive your messages so easily. You can obviously make efforts by selecting the mail and moving it through the available option again and again but that cannot match up to the simplistic procedure of Gmail.
So in order for you to enjoy the same ease here is guide to help you out. The best part the entire words doesn’t require any sort of scripting and is very easy to do. Try this feature on your Apple MAC and get the simplistic experience.
Follow the steps below and enjoy the comfort. Add Gmail-like Archiving to Outlook Here is a step by step guide by techposts.org to help you emulate gmail’s archiving feature into your outlook account. Though this tutorial is for Office 2016 but it will work for other versions of Outlook on Mac OS X as well. Step 1: Open your Microsoft Outlook account and select any email and move the selected mail to another outlook folder. The simplest way to do this is by selecting the mail and then pressing Ctrl+shift+M.
Step 2: Once you have selected the mail a pop will appear on your screen. If you are using Gmail with outlook, type all mail in the window to select the archive folder. See the picture below.
You can even type the name of some other folder which you intend to use for archiving messages. Click move to the selected message.
Step 3: From the outlook menu present on the top of your screen, click on the message option. In message go to the move option. Make an exact note of the highlighted option corresponding to the folder that you have chosen. Step 4: From the apple menu, select system preferences and click on the keyboard option.
Click on shortcuts and then App Shortcuts and then finally click on Add. Chose Microsoft Outlook in the Application option from the dropdown menu. Type the exact menu name as selected in the previous step and put the Keyboard shortcut as Ctrl+E. Step 5: Click on add to create a shortcut and then select multiple mails and press Ctrl+E.
If you have followed the steps rightly, your mails will successfully get archived. Hence we see how just in 4 simple steps you created a shortcut for your Outlook and made it as comfortable as Gmail without any type of scripting. Let us know what you think via comments below.
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