Re:Google Memory Loss
by cptskippy on Monday January 15, 2018 @07:35PM
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This definitely happens. I have 1 email that is about 5 years old that I reference once or twice a year, often enough that it is a suggested search term. Recently Gmail has been unable to find it and I restored to starring it. It is literally the only starred email I have but I can no longer search for it.
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This is actually very worrisome for me. I use Gmail as my personal store of weird information, from Wifi passwords to the account number of that service I only use every 4 years. I Just send myself an email with obvious terms to search for in it and the relevant information. It's super convenient and I've never had it fail... yet, apparently.
Has happened to me too. Actually, the Android gmail app is even worse on searching. I often have to launch a browser and search via the web interface because the app returns no results.
My experience with the Android App is that search seems to be local only. So if the email is older than the retention policy or handled elsewhere then it's unlikely to show up there. Emails deleted on the desktop are notoriously invisible on mobile.
Re:Google Memory Loss
by rootusrootus on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @10:35AM
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This is true in their iOS app as well. I've given up searching in the app and just open up the full web site when I need to find something.