Spam auto-deletes in Gmail after 30 days — but it can be helpful to check the folder to make sure useful messages aren't slipping through the cracks.

One thing that saves us from opening a vicious email filled with malware is that most of these emails go directly to our junk or spam folders. Once in a while, a legitimate email can be sent to your ...

Search for the missing emails in the search box, check Spam and Trash folders, inspect filters and forwarding settings, and finally use the Gmail Message Recovery Tool to get the permanently deleted ...

I got a gmail account right when they first came out and get a fair amount of spam. I never clear out the spam folder since it auto-deletes, but I noticed that over the last week or two the amount of ...

Do you even look at the emails piling up in your junk or spam email folders? Do you ever clean the folders out or do you have hundreds or even thousands just sitting there for who knows how long? Most ...

Every so often I check my spam folder to see if emails from friends or professional contacts somehow got intercepted and rejected by the spam filter. This requires a fast descent into a netherworld of ...

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