# Yahoo E-Mail Account Owners: Trash Questions **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 29, 2008, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-e-mail-account-owners-trash-questions/479066 "2008-12-29T15:29:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-e-mail-account-owners-trash-questions/479066/1 "2008-12-29T15:29:10Z")
After I read your responses to threads I participate in, I just delete the answer and it goes into the trash folder. Since I have been posting a lot more these days ;), I wanted to see how full my folder would get before the folder is emptied? The highest it ever got was 428. Right now it’s at 230. What’s the highest yours has gotten, and before you answer, yeah I know: I’m easily entertained (these days! :D) Quasi ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-e-mail-account-owners-trash-questions/479066/2 "2008-12-29T15:46:02Z")
I am somewhat obsessive about keeping my email folders to a minimum, including the trash. On the accounts where it’s not automatically emptied, I’ll do it myself about once a week or so. It drives me crazy at work to see people with hundreds of emails in their inboxes (no, I don’t hack, I just notice if I happen to be at someone’s desk.) I found when I did save a lot, thinking I’d enjoy re-reading it later, I’ve have it in there, untouched 3 or 4 years later. No more… But I don’t get much email anyway - I don’t subscribe to threads and I have a specific account that I use for commercial purposes, so my personal accounts don’t get cluttered with too much spam. And I have to agree, you’re easily entertained… (says the woman who plays Stack’Em endlessly…) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![villa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-e-mail-account-owners-trash-questions/479066/3 "2008-12-29T16:22:53Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > It drives me crazy at work to see people with hundreds of emails in their inboxes I guess I should hide my inbox with 4120 emails in it from you (not that the emails are from you… well, you know what I mean). I admit, I am a little behind on archiving, but I am under a protective order not to delete anything regarding one case. So it is easier to keep everything, then once a month or so block archive by sender, then just delete everything else. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-e-mail-account-owners-trash-questions/479066/4 "2008-12-29T16:37:51Z")
My spam automatically gets dumped, and the trash seems to clear out pretty often. I don’t seem to have a lot in my inbox. I did see one person during a QA that had over 2,000 emails in her inbox. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-e-mail-account-owners-trash-questions/479066/5 "2008-12-29T17:04:04Z")
I always knew I liked **FairyChatMom**. We have similar email habits. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-e-mail-account-owners-trash-questions/479066/6 "2008-12-29T17:06:42Z")
I let it go until it’s automatically dumped. I’ve accidentally deleted messages and I like being able to retrieve them. Robin ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-e-mail-account-owners-trash-questions/479066/7 "2008-12-29T17:19:49Z")
> [@scout1222](#): > > I always knew I liked **FairyChatMom**. We have similar email habits. What’s not to like? 😃