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.

Do not instantly delete spam. Keep it briefly to rescue mistakes, report phishing, train filters, then purge everything on schedule. The post Why You Should Never Delete Your Spam Emails, According to ...

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CHICO — Have you ever just hung out in your spam folder for a minute? Just wading into the nonsense, glossing through countless emails that seem to get more and more silly? Like many, I mostly ignore ...

My mail is hosted by Google, IMAP style. Most of the time, I use Sparrow to deal with my mail, but every now and then I open up Mail.app. When I do, Mail.app starts to frantically catch up with Google ...

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 ...