Use Gmail "All Mail" mailbox as Trash in Mail.app?

[badlydrawnboy]

I want to set up my Gmail IMAP account in Mail.app so that when I hit the delete key in Mail.app, the message gets archived permanently (in the All Mail folder).

What's the best way to do this? Should I select the "All Mail" folder and then choose "Use this Mailbox for Trash"?

 

[Mal]

You can, but make sure to first set "Permanently erase deleted messages" to "Never". Otherwise Mail can try to empty the "All Mail" folder. Not a good thing.

jW

 

[badlydrawnboy]

Thanks for the tip.

I just read on Google's help section that this isn't a good idea. Maybe someone can help me figure this out.

I want to be able to hit "delete" in Mail.app and have the message archived in Gmail. I'd like to be able to access/search all of my "All Mail" messages from Mail.app. I'd like all sent messages from Mail.app (regardless of which account they are sent from - I have several) to be stored in Sent Mail in Gmail.

How would I set it up this way?

 

[nikrosa]

Same problem!

Did you ever figure this out?