How long does Mail save messages?

How long does Mail save messages? What happens to them at the end of that period?

Depends. If you have a POP account and download your messages, then they are on your hard drive until you delete them. However, unless you enable the option to save email messages on the server once downloaded the message are deleted from the server immediately. Your email ISP may retain backups for some period of time, but you would need to ask them about it.
If you have and IMAP account your messages are saved on the server unless you delete them. They will be retained on the server indefinitely.

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How long does apple keep messages in imessage?

Hello,
Can any one tell me how long does Apple keep messages sent via iMessage in the iCloud (or anywhere else)?
Thanks

So forceful! You have a source for that subpoena and a date I suppose? My Google-Fu must be weak because I couldn't find such a subpoena on the net.
By the way, that answer isn't a "no." "As long as necessary" can be along time since Apple cannot determine when you've read it everywhere you want to and so it's OK to delete.
I was able to pull iMessages from old deleted message threads on a new device. I also come home and sit at my Mac and my message conversation from the day on my iPhone becomes mirrored in iMessages on my computer, attachments and all, where I then copy the things I can't on the phone like ringtones and so on. Anyone can try this at home and I suggest you do. Where are these messages stored all day as I'm using my phone to be later mirrored on my home Mac?
I'm not seeing an error. I'm not just looking at unsent messages. Does it even matter anyway? Apple stores messages and their ToS states that they can do this, you agreed to it, and this policy can change at any time without your consent. Read it, thoroughly. I had to deconstruct it in a law class for a paper. I doubt you did this.
You are defensive but nobody is attacking Apple. Of course Apple stores messages for a long time. Why wouldn't they? Apple necessarily has access to the iMessage servers exactly the same as the servers that store your email or photo streams. There are legitimate business reasons! No one is saying they are abusing this access. This isn't even an issue but saying it doesn't happen betrays a lack of knowledge how this tech works.
If someone sent you a bunch of iMessages, maybe hundreds, and you haven't read them they aren't stored indefinitely until you read them on a device or on a Mac with your iCloud account? Can you say how long? No, you can't and neither can anyone outside of Apple and this is a changing number anyway.
You believe that once a message is sent that Apple immediately deletes it? Why would they when there's no requirement? You might check it from another device later on, Apple can't know if you've read it everywhere you want to. Syncing conversations across devices that are checked at different times requires some amount of storage of historical messages! Deleting a message immediately once sent would prevent this.
Do you thoroughly understand the technology involved? Do you have inside Apple knowledge of trade secrets?
I posted in this thread because I genuinely want to help the OP and you are speaking without evidence whereas my assertion is easily tested by the community in 10 minutes.

Does Mail Save Messages?

Just a quick question here:
I have my Gmail account set up to put a copy of everything it receives in Mail. Does Mail actually save a copy of all the messages in its inbox on my Mac's hard drive? I ask this because I have seen thousands of 1KB files on my Mac that are named the same thing as my email subjects. However, do these 1KB files actually store anything?
I hope for a quick answer, and thanks in advance.

+My Gmail account says IMAP and POP are both set up.+
Well, I'm wondering if at least part of your problem stems from that (disclaimer: I'm not IMAP knowledgeable). I was not aware that you can have both types of accounts and would suggest that GMail is confused because you have both enabled?
There is some good information under the Help menu in Mail - I can't copy it because it's a popup; just type in IMAP and read all the articles.
After that, also read this from GMail help:
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/topic.py?topic=12769
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=75725
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=181714
It states that your account will be set up as IMAP initially; my guess is that once you set up Mac Mail with your ISP as a POP account, that was added to GMail resulting in both an IMAP and POP account. So, I'd suggest reading all the help articles.
Next, figure out what kind of account you have for you Mail with your ISP. I'd suggest the same type for GMail then, unless your ISP supports both, then it'd be your decision which one you want. Once you figure that out, eliminate the other account from GMail - if that doesn't work, delete all and start over, setting it up as one account - either IMAP or POP.
As for your second question re. where emails are stored: if you mean the GMail server, then they should be in your online GMail account mailboxes. But there is also more in-depth info in those articles I linked to.

IDVD Disk Image - How long does it take?

Hi,
I exported my iMovie to iDVD, added the necessary effects and am now trying to save it as a disk image for ripping out DVDs later. How long does the "Save as Disk Image" process normally take? Mine has been at it for over 2 hours now. It seems to be stuck in the "Process Menus" stage and says "Rendering menu video asset...". Last time it got stuck at this same place , so I cancelled it and rebooted the machine. Now it seems to be stuck again at the same place. Any ideas how long this typically takes?
Thanks.

depending on processor (G4, 5, quad, dualcore, Intel), MHz/GHz, size of RAM, speed of hd … you have to calculate between realtime and 10x length of project.... (1h project=10h rendering)
reading in your specs "macbook": make sure, 10 - 20 GB are free on internal drive to make iDVD working smooth..........

How long does my private chat/message convertation...

How long does my private chat/message convertation last in skype? I can't find back one convertation from januar-feb 2015 and some from 2014. Do skype delete my message if i don't write for a while?
This post was transferred from its previous location to create its own new topic here; its subject and/or title has been edited from "Skype messages" to differentiate the post from other inquiries and to reflect the post's content.

thanks for the reply, how ever ive already contacted itunes support and they didnt say any thing about why my ID was disabled. So now what go directly to Tim cook an have this problem resolved ? P.S your user name is great

How long does Apple store text messages? I need old messages from July-Sept 2011

How long does apple store text messages. I need old text messages from July - September 2011. These messages were NOT deleted from phone. I can only go back as far as July 1, 2012. Please help, this is important!!!

Thank you!!!
What I concluded is that the phone information (with text message content) that we have came from the police department...when they conducted interviews, they asked for their phones and obtained the content, pictures, etc. that way. We also have logs from AT&T with information starting a few months prior to the incident; this information, however, is solely limited to who sent, who received, when, type of data, etc - NO content. I'm assuming that those are the logs that can be subpoenaed after the alloted amount of time, say, 10 days.
Does that sound correct?

How long does it take to get mail from adobe??

hi, i have lost my photoshop elements box with my serial code and i chatted with one of the adobe team members and they asked me to send them the invoice and i did and then they said they will give it to someone higher up to send me mail to give me further assistance but i am wondering how long does it take to get the mail.
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Benjamin

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1300 307 504
Note that this is a low tariff number.
France
0805 540 117
Germany
0800 664 5307
Italy
800 915 902
Netherlands
0800 0201 578
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Toll-free from U.S. and Canada.

HT4863 How long does a block on sending messages last after exceeding the daily limit ?

I exceeded the limit while restoring my Mac and re-instantiating all my email Filters.
This is a bit of a surprise but, hey, lesson learned.
My question is, how long does this block last for ? Is it lifted automatically after
24 hours or do I need to contact someone at Apple ?
Thanks !

iCloud Camera Roll Backup Size:
Settings > iCloud > Storage & Backup > Manage Storage > (name) iPhone 5S > under Backup Options Camera Roll is 1.7gb
(sorry, I rounded to 2gb for simplicity earlier)
iPhone Camera Roll Backup Size:
Settings > General > Usage > under Storage > Photos & Camera > under Photos & Camera the Camera Roll is 835 kb
(essentially 0 kb, and there are 0 photo/vid under Camera Roll in Photos app)

How long does the number porting process take?

Hello Everybody! I just got my iphone (witch I LOVE it by the way) but I was wondering, how long does the number porting process take?
I ported my phone number over from SprintPCS last night at around 7pm EST and right now it's 8am EST and my Palm seems to still be working... Is this normal?
I'm still receiving incoming calls to my Palm, Text messages to my Palm, but yet I can do outgoing calls from my iphone... I'm kinda confused...
I mean I received the text on my iphone from sprint telling me: "Welcome to AT&T" as well as receiving the e-mail saying my new phone number is the same one I've had for 6 years now... Is 13 hours considered normal?
Thanx! :-D

QueenYvette,
If it continues to be an issue tomorrow, I would recomend calling again, and getting in contact with AT&T's porting department. They are familiar with resolving any issues that may arise.
Powering off both phones is to make sure that the old phone is not maintaining an active connection with the old carrier that can interfere with the last steps of the porting process. If at all possible its a good idea to leave the old phone powered off, and restart the new phone about once an hour so that it will resync with the towers.
Hope this helps,
Nathan C.

How long does iPad 2 last after it is lost?

I left my iPad on the bus today (It has not been a good day). First thing I did was ring up the bus company. I then jumped onto the iCloud.com and used "Find my iPhone". I eventually located it (at my university), we locked ot, sent a message and played a noise / tone thing.
I checked back on it a few hours later and it was no where to be found on iCloud, it was wifi only, but the whole uni is connected via wifi.
My questions is, how long does the iPad last with these features enabled. There were only like three or four apps open. Other than that, I think i am screwed.
Any ideas? Thanks in Advance.

These links may be helpful.
How to Track and Report Stolen iPad
http://www.ipadastic.com/tutorials/how-to-track-and-report-stolen-ipad
Reporting a lost or stolen Apple product
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2526
Report Stolen iPad Tips and iPad Theft Prevention
http://www.stolen-property.com/report-stolen-ipad.php
How to recover a lost or stolen iPad
http://ipadhelp.com/ipad-help/how-to-recover-a-lost-or-stolen-ipad/
How to Find a Stolen iPad
http://www.ehow.com/how_7586429_stolen-ipad.html
Apple Product Lost or Stolen
http://sites.google.com/site/appleclubfhs/support/advice-and-articles/lost-or-st olen
Oops! iForgot My New iPad On the Plane; Now What?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303459004577362194012634000.html
If you don't know your lost/stolen iPad's serial number, use the instructions below. The S/N is also on the iPad's box.
How to Find Your iPad Serial Number
http://www.ipadastic.com/tutorials/how-to-find-your-ipad-serial-number
 Cheers, Tom

Sick of interleaving - how long does DLM take

Have had problems with a dishwasher tripping our electric over the past month and this has of course caused DLM to kick in any put interleave on line and limit my IP profile to always be below 60 mb. My data rate is currently 57957 and hasn't increased for the past month steadily dropping from the 60mb ip cap last month when power cuts happened.
Before my connection was working great and my data rate was a lot closer to the Max data rate, currently it is at 57957, Max at 65760. The Max data rate has been as high as 69000, still no increase in IP data rate.
The main thing though is interleaveing, I know that this is controlled by DLm and cannot be turned of directly, but as my IP profile seems to be stuck and steadily decreasing on every connection restart (which the hh5 seems to do on a whim sometimes)
My line stats seem to be ok SNR 6.0\6.0
Line attenuation 18.2
Please can my IP profile be reset to remove my IP cap which would hopefully put me back on fastpath which I had been on for months and months till the power cuts

same as mine https://community.bt.com/t5/BT-Infinity-Speed-Connection/Poor-Service-from-BT-adamant-about-problem/...
Please can a mod look at my connection just reset the IP profile please, there are no faults on my line!!!!!!!!!
Re: Poor Service from BT, adamant about problem!
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I feel this is the exact problem I've been having posted on here titled sick of interleaving - how long till DLM turns it off.
Could you check if your 1st hop is around 12 ms (click start, run, cmd, enter, tracert www.BBC.co.uk) my guess would be interleaving has been put on your line too.
If your router resets too many times (mine due to faulty dishwasher tripping electric)
Once this is on it seems to take ages to reset back to normal. Like you I have the hh5 and this will sometimes do a random disconnect (firmware bug or BT messing with connection?) I always see in my event log a cwmp login from bt which will then reboot the router.
Like you my attenuation is very short (18.2) SNR At 6.2 but it seems because my hh5 sometimes just reboots connection ( usually around 2.20am going from event logs) that interleaving will never come off. I have read that it takes 2 weeks constant connection for speeds to return to normal and interleaving to be turned off.
Not happy about my connection for last month, after being very happy for months and months. As soon as DLM has kicked can feel difference especially in pings more than raw speed for me.
Will run down my contract and jump ship as soon as contract runs out if mine doesn't improve.
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Re: Poor Service from BT, adamant about problem!
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https://community.bt.com/t5/BT-Infinity-Speed-Connection/sick-of-interleaving-how-long-does-DLM-take...
Is this the BT backdoor to manange connection?
(172830.560000) CWMP: session completed successfully
22:05:05, 27 Jul.
(172830.320000) CWMP: HTTP authentication success from https://pbthdm.bt.mo
22:05:01, 27 Jul.
(172826.800000) CWMP: Server URL: https://pbthdm.bt.mo; Connecting as user: ACS username
22:05:01, 27 Jul.
(172826.790000) CWMP: Session start now. Event code(s): '2 PERIODIC,4 VALUE CHANGE'
22:05:01, 27 Jul.
(172826.590000) CWMP: Initializing transaction for event code 2 PERIODIC

How long does it usually take to backup Adobe Premier projects?

When you go into the Project Manager and back up the project, so that Premiere copies every file involved to a portable hard drive, along with the project file, so the project can be opened and edited on a different computer, how long does it take?
I am currently backing up a project with over eight hours of footage in the work area so that I can continue working on it from another computer, and the backup does not seem to be progressing. I do not typically backup projects like this, I usually only save a new version of the project file, so I have no idea what to expect, and it seems to be taking a while.

Usually till it is finished, give or take a few minutes.
The question resembles: "How long does it usually take to travel from A to B?"
The answer is: It depends. It depends on traffic jams on the route (what are the specs of your system), the transportation means (what kind of portable hard disk and the interface), the amount of luggage taken along (how much source material and what codec), does one take a rest while en route or stop for gas (what background processes are running), etc.

How long does MSI myservice take to respond back to RMA email?

called this number and chose option4
MSI Computer (UK) Ltd Tel: +44-203-608-5252
the voice message stated clearly if you want to RMA the graphics card send your full name, address, serial number, fault description to myservice.uk (at) msi dot com
the email is sent 15 hours ago, and no feedback from MSI.
how long does it take for MSI to get back to me?
Regards,
FPSCoder

It depends on what kind of query you have send if it is a difficult question that requires research or trying to duplicate an issue it might be longer than just two days. Alternatively try contacting MSI again using the global support with registering your product which is the official way: >>How to contact MSI.<<.

How long does it typically take to update ios5, if you have over 800 pics and 400 sings, How long does it typically take to update ios5, if you have over 800 pics and 400 sings

How long does it typically take to update ios5? Since update mine has been syncing for hours. I do have over 800 pics and 400 songs. Any ideas?

My update to iOS 5 took about 75 to 80 minutes. After the update I then had to update some aps and reload from the backup. When iOS 5 is being uploaded there should be some sort of status message in the top pert of iTunes. If this is not changing then I think you have a problem. If the status is changing, even of very slowly, then let it keep running until it's done.

How long does an iPad take to ship on average

how long does an iPad take to ship on average?

Hello
Welcome to the EE Community! It's really difficult to say. As you made the order on Wedsnesday, and rang them on Thursday, where they said it was being processed, I imagine you'll receive it early next week. You should receive an e-mail from UK Mail the day before delivery, but other than that it'll be quite difficult to say exactly when it will be delivered. Keep an eye on your e-mails and you should hopefully be receiving your brand new S6 early next week... very jealous of you! Cheers,
Titanium
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