LuLu Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 So Gmail says once you click "delete forever", that the email is indeed gone forever. My question is would the email perchance be stored as a file on a hard drive that it could be recovered from? I'm here. What are your other two wishes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators mta Posted May 20, 2014 Moderators Share Posted May 20, 2014 Admittedly I'm no expert with Gmail, but from my knowledge, your emails are never stored locally on your PC, so the answer would be NO, Sorry. Backup now & backup often.It's your digital life - protect it with a backup.Three things are certain; Birth, Death and loss of data. You control the last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuLu Posted May 21, 2014 Author Share Posted May 21, 2014 That's what I figured. Thanks! I'm here. What are your other two wishes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hav0c Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 I use Thunderbird and my Gmail accounts to POP my mails, Outlook will store the mails within a .pst file. Then yes LuLu your emails are stored as a file on your system and on Gmail server. If you do it the same way as I do it and not using the IMAP protocol you will be able to delete the files from the Gmail server and the mail will still be on your PC or delete it from your PC and still be on the Gmail server. Deleting it from both locations will remove it for good then. Every line of code written by man can be undone by man . "A loser in the real world is still a loser in the net!" - .hack//SIGN . Getting old is inevitable, growing up is optional !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuLu Posted May 21, 2014 Author Share Posted May 21, 2014 Thanks. I'll have to tell my brother about that since he's the one needing an email to be recovered. It won't help fix his current issue, but your advice will help safeguard for future issues. Appreciate it!! I'm here. What are your other two wishes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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