Do messages in the Trash folder count toward the quota usage?
All messages in your USC Web Mail account count toward your quota, regardless of which folder they are in. You can see a breakdown of where the space is taken up and have the option to empty the trash by clicking on the Folders list. Determining how much of your quota is taken up by messages on a desktop email client can be more complicated. If you are using the IMAP protocol, you will have a direct link to the email server at all times and can distinguish between mail stored on the USC email servers and mail stored on your computer’s hard drive. All folders under the email.usc.edu IMAP tree (Inbox, Sent, Trash, etc.) are folders that affect your quota space on the server. Mail stored on your hard drive will be displayed in a separate tree with its own folders (Inbox, Sent, Trash, etc.) and is exempt from your USC Web Mail quota. The tree that represents your hard drive will usually be called Local Folders, Personal Folders, Outlook Folders, or On My Mac. ITS recommends that you copy a
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