Message in Inbox and Spam at the same time

[Andy]

This is not a question, just an odd observation.

I came across a message that was in both the Inbox and the Spam label
at the same time.

I don't think I have ever seen that before.

There is little reason why a message couldn't have both labels; but
the tools don't allow you to do that, since the Spam button always
removes it from the Inbox, and vice-versa. That is, I can't see any
way to attach both labels to the same message.

Andy

[Kenneth Ayers]

Were the two labels actually applied to the same email or to different emails in the same conversation?

Andy

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[Zack (Doc)]

It's either that, or I know I can force it with IMAP, are you using IMAP at all?

[Andy]

> Were the two labels actually applied to the same email or to different
> emails in the same conversation?

I thought of that too. Nope. It was one message in that
conversation. (But there is a bit more to this ... see later.)

> It's either that, or I know I can force it with IMAP, are you using IMAP at
> all?

No, not using IMAP. Webmail only.

Here is how I think it happened. I apparently received two identical
Spam messages, sent via different email lists. For some odd reason,
Gmail apparently marked one of them as spam but not the other. Gmail
then recognized them as duplicates, so it dutifully trashed the second
one (as in erased, gone, no chance of recovery) ... leaving me with
*one* message sitting in my Inbox with both Spam and Inbox labels
attached to it.

That's the best I can make of it.

I am guessing that when Gmail auto-deletes a duplicate email for you,
their algorithm must transfer the labels from the deleted message to
the other message that remains. That seems reasonable.

Andy

[Andy]

OT for sure:

> I recanize the sturcture, if is the same you can tell.

"Recanize"??

I think you must mean "recognize", as in recognition.

I could also mention "there not really that good" ... but alas, people
today don't know grammar and spelling. Sigh.

Have a good day!

Andy

[Sean Murphy]

    Actually, given the topic, I thought the writer was deliberately imitating the writing style of spam, making fun of it. Either that, or the writer was like me, typing too quickly with fingers that seem to have a mind of their own. (Or was writer was simply not a native English speaker.)