{"id":13252,"date":"2020-08-25T02:39:09","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T02:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/?p=13252"},"modified":"2022-07-21T16:32:20","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T16:32:20","slug":"skip-logging-emails-to-sent-folder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/skip-logging-emails-to-sent-folder\/","title":{"rendered":"Skip logging emails to the Gmail Sent folder"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s like a vacuum cleaner for your Gmail Sent folder.<\/em><\/p>\n

Overview<\/h2>\n

We’ve recently heard from users who don’t like the idea that if you send 500 emails to your list, there are then 500 emails in your Sent folder. That is the nature of email in general, to put every email you send in your Sent folder, and that’s how GMass has always operated. To satisfy the needs of these users, though, there’s now an option<\/strong> to skip having mass emails go to the Sent folder when you send a campaign.<\/p>\n

Just check this box in the Settings panel:<\/p>\n

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Try to avoid using this setting<\/h2>\n

Generally, we don’t recommend using this setting unless the number of emails in your Sent folder is really bothering you. If you don’t like your Sent folder clutter because you need to find non-campaign emails in your Sent folder with ease, we recommend learning to search better, using Gmail’s powerful search feature<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For example, let’s say you send a campaign to 500 people and the Subject Line is:<\/p>\n

Member Meeting this Friday<\/pre>\n
And now, you’d like to see your Sent folder without the 500 emails for this campaign. You can search your Gmail account like this:<\/p>\n
in:sent -subject:\"Member Meeting this Friday\"<\/pre>\n
This means, show me all the emails in my Sent folder except for the emails with a Subject containing the words “Member Meeting this Friday.”<\/p>\n
If, however, you don’t want to bother with searching like this, and you don’t want your campaign to crowd your Sent folder, then use this setting.<\/p>\n
Consequences of skipping logging to the Sent folder<\/h2>\n
If your campaign’s sent emails don’t show up in the Sent folder, there are several things that will be different in your email flow:<\/p>\n
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  1. Replies to your emails won’t be “threaded.” Meaning, when a reply arrives, if you have conversation view<\/a> turned on in Gmail as most users do, the original email message won’t be below the reply because it no longer exists in your Sent folder.<\/li>\n
  2. As a result of #1, Gmail might think that a reply is Spam<\/strong> or Promotions<\/strong>. One of the ways Gmail decides which emails go to your Inbox versus elsewhere is by determining if an email is a reply to an email you’ve already sent. Since the “sent” email is now missing, Gmail will have a tougher time deciding which emails are replies to emails you’ve already sent. So be extra vigilant about monitoring your Spam<\/strong> and Promotions<\/strong> folders if you’re expecting replies.<\/li>\n
  3. You can’t use the auto follow-up feature<\/a>. This feature is especially popular among cold emailers, so if you’re using GMass for cold email, definitely do not enable this setting.<\/li>\n
  4. GMass can’t track bounces.<\/strong> Because bounces are threaded with the original email, if the original email isn’t present in your Sent folder, GMass can’t determine what campaign a bounce is associated with, and so bounce notifications will just be ignored.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    Then, when should you use this setting?<\/strong><\/p>\n