Thread: Brent, Can You Help Glenn Sexton?

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Originally Posted by mrmustang

When deleting the spam folder in gmail, it then is placed in the trash folder, and is no longer classified as spam by the gmail server. As such, he then can follow the directions to restore the files in as timely a fashion as he can, search for the proper "confirmation" email, then click the link, or if the link has expired, within that same email, request a new confirmation link to be sent. I know this works with later versions of Vbulletin, uncertain if it will on 4.1.3 which is what the forum is currently on. Everything I've read says it will.

Bill S.

Bill,
Not to beat a dead horse, but solely to provide good information should someone else be looking in the future, in Gmail I find that a SPAM message that is deleted from the SPAM Folder is deleted, and doesn't go into the TRASH Folder for a period in purgatory. You're not deleting the SPAM "Folder", you're deleting the messages IN the SPAM Folder.

In SPAM, when you select any or all messages the check box at the top says "DELETE FOREVER", and I find that they are not recoverable within Gmail. I confirmed this today by opening my SPAM Folder, finding 21 messages, and noted the top one was from "American Home Warranty". I then checked TRASH, and confirmed that the same message was not in the TRASH and went back to SPAM, selected that one message and checked "DELETE FOREVER" and clicked the action box. Back in TRASH I searched for "American Home Warranty" and it was not in the TRASH folder. To be fair, I didn't check the Windows RECYCLE bin, but within Gmail that message was gone, and according to the link you provided earlier, it's indeed gone forever and cannot be recovered. If I'm wrong I apologize for the bother, and am interested in learning.

Again, this is only to ensure that someone else having the problem has the straight scoop. Computer issues can be frustrating at best, and mind boggling at times. Thanks for all you do to keep things going.