Re: Mail.app problem

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject	Re: Mail.app problem
Date	2016-12-12 20:02 +0000
Organization	People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
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References	<1my3xwj.1w1q6nqo4118gN%paulfuchs@spamain'tkosher.oink> <o2mvdj$ioq$1@news.albasani.net>

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On 2016-12-12, Wade Garrett <wade@cooler.net> wrote:
> On 12/11/16 8:26 PM, paulfuchs@spamain'tkosher.oink wrote:
>> Macbook Pro with 10.11.4 and 16 GB RAM.  I use Mail.app as my mailer
>> with google mail as my ISP.  I was messing around with it a few months
>> ago, and managed somehow to erase all the old mail back to last August.
>>  Last night I was looking for a recent letter from my son and typed his
>> name into the search box.  All the mail with him back to 2006 popped up.
>>  So if I click the inbox or Gmail or Google nested inboxes and scroll
>> the window down to the bottom, it only goes back to last August.  But if
>> I type a name in the search box, it will scroll back 10 years.  ¿Que
>> pasa? and how can I fix it back to normal so all the mail for 10 years
>> shows up in the inbox when I scroll down?  All the old mail is sitting
>> somewhere on the hard drive.  TIA.
>>
>
> The old emails are likely archived on the Gmail server. You might be 
> able to re-download them from there.

And here's how to disable the Google Mail Archive feature:

<https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202067>

-- 
E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter.
I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead.

JR

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Mail.app problem paulfuchs@spamain'tkosher.oink - 2016-12-11 19:26 -0600
  Re: Mail.app problem Wade Garrett <wade@cooler.net> - 2016-12-12 14:56 -0500
    Re: Mail.app problem Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-12-12 20:02 +0000
    Re: Mail.app problem paulfuchs@spamain'tkosher.oink - 2016-12-13 09:13 -0600
      Re: Mail.app problem "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-12-13 18:36 -0600
        Re: Mail.app problem Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-12-14 03:33 +0000
        Re: Mail.app problem Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-12-14 06:09 +0000
          Re: Mail.app problem Bruce Esquibel <bje@ripco.com> - 2016-12-14 12:25 +0000
            Re: Mail.app problem Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-12-14 15:23 +0000
              Re: Mail.app problem Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-12-15 04:23 +0000
              Re: Mail.app problem Bruce Esquibel <bje@ripco.com> - 2016-12-15 11:44 +0000
            Re: Mail.app problem Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-12-15 02:30 +0000
          Re: Mail.app problem Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-12-15 02:29 +0000
          Re: Mail.app problem "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-12-14 22:29 -0600

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