Quote Originally Posted by rspears View Post
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.
In mine (an account I rarely use except for family), if I delete the spam emails, it goes to my trash folder. Perhaps the options on mine are set up differently.

Bill S.