Mac Mail deleting emails too soon

Hi everyone,
I have Mac Mail setup to delete all emails after one month, this includes the Sent, Junk, and Trash. However Mail is only keeping one week's worth. I use iCloud as my sole email account. This issue has been occuring for a few months now.
Thanks,
Chris

In iPad, open settings, Mail settings, select the account in question, click on the advanced tab. Set the to delete message like you want. I think default is 7 days.
For iPhone, I can't tell you because I don't have one. Probably similar to iPad.

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