The “mail is hard” myth

Re:The “mail is hard” myth by defanor on Sunday September 01, 2019 @02:00PM (#20853659)

Indeed, a quick search suggests that spam is automatically removed every 30 days there. The wording was "Google hid it from me", so either I have wrongly assumed that it's about the spam folder, or it is possible to disable autoremoval.

Edit: or, as the sibling comment suggests, it behaves strangely with respect to removal as well.

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Re:The “mail is hard” myth by scarejunba on Sunday September 01, 2019 @02:22PM (#20853790)

Or user accidentally archived it. “X did Y” is often a user’s way of saying “I accidentally made X do Y” without having to accept blame. It’s the “dog ate my homework” of excuses.

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Re:The “mail is hard” myth by inetknght on Sunday September 01, 2019 @02:33PM (#20853877)

Another instance of Google being user hostile?

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