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Yes, if this does an actual delete and not a remove label ¡°Important¡± then it will?
delete messages from other folders and sent.
GMAIL only keeps one copy of each message, and add / removes labels as you copy and or move messages about.
And the Important folder/label is just Googles guess as to what you are most likely to read. Again, just because an item is in Important does not mean that it is taking up twice as much space since it will be in two folders. Well, at least on Google servers this is true, though what Outlook or Thunderbird is doing is another question.

On May 17, 2025, at 10:48?AM, Tom Behler via groups.io <tombehler@...> wrote:

Takis:
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As I think I said before, I have Outlook Classic set to permanently delete all messages before exiting.
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So, I think I¡¯m ok in that regard.
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My main question now is if I delete what g-mail considers to be important messages, will that affect anything in my sent file and all mail folders?
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One would think not, but I don¡¯t want to assume and be sorry later.
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Tom Behler
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From:?[email protected]?<[email protected]>?On Behalf Of?Panagiotis Antonopoulos via?
Sent:?Saturday, May 17, 2025 10:13 AM
To:?[email protected]
Subject:?Re: [JFW-Users] Re-sending: Cleaning Out E-mail Folders
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Hi Tom/all,
In those cases, what I usually do is go into the folder, select all messages with cntrl-a for select all and pressthe delete key. In a few minutes the folder is empty. As for my daily routine messages I have made outlook classic ask me if I want to have them permanently deleted before exiting, and I answer yes.
??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Hope this helps,
??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Cheers,
??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Takis
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From:?[email protected]?<[email protected]>?On Behalf Of?Tom Behler via?
Sent:?Saturday, May 17, 2025 4:35 PM
To:?'Jfw users list' <[email protected]>
Subject:?[JFW-Users] Re-sending: Cleaning Out E-mail Folders
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Re-sending due to no initial response.
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Tom Behler
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Hello, everyone.
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I don¡¯t know if this will be considered off topic for this list, but I thought I¡¯d try, since there are so many knowledgeable people out there.
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If this is considered off topic, please reply to me personally at:
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I manage my personal g-mail account through Outlook Classic as part of my Microsoft 365 subscription.
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I recently Got a notification from Google that my g-mail account space is 50% full.
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I have three folders that literally contain thousands of messages:
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My sent folder;? my all mail folder;? and a folder called important mail.
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I¡¯d like to clear out these folders to some degree, but am not quite sure how to go about it efficiently.
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I would be happy to ?save sent e-mails from the last year or two.
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I also wouldn¡¯t mind paring my all mail and important mail folders back significantly, but am not sure what the difference is between all mail and important mail.
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I do have Outlook Classic set to automatically delete e-mails from the server whenever I invoke the delete function and indicate that I¡¯m sure of my deletion step.
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Any help on this would be appreciated.
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Thank you!
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Tom Behler
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