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--- gmail_annoyances [2020.05.01 10:57] – [Searching your gmail] Steve Isenberg
+++ gmail_annoyances [2020.09.01 08:54] – [Searching your gmail] Steve Isenberg
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 ====Searching your gmail====
-Maybe your account is getting too close to filling and you want to search and delete messages smartly.
+Maybe your account is getting too close to filling and you want to search and delete messages smartly.\\
+Note that if you delete them, they're not removed from your gmail space until you empty the trash.  So the sequence of actions could be:
+  - Search for large emails, those from certain addresses, etc, and delete all of them.
+  - Empty trash.
 |from:george|
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 |newer_than:2d\\ older_than|newer_than:2d means, Messages sent within the last 2 days\\ d (day), m (month), y (year)|
 |size:10M|All messages of at least 10MB in size|
-|+unicorn|Finds words matching unicorn exactly -- not unicorns or unicorn|
+|+unicorn|Finds words matching unicorn exactly -- not different forms like "unicorns" or misspelled "unicron"|
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