I think what's happening is that you have the reply (with "Sent Mail"
system label attached to it), and the original (with "Trash" system
label attached to it), and the two messages are interlinked by way of
being in the same conversation. Thus, the conversation still appears
in your "Trash". It would have shown up in "Sent Mail" too ... except
for the fact that it is in "Trash". Conversations in "Trash" and
"Spam" are excluded from all other views, including "All Mail" and
"Sent Mail".

I think you could move the conversation from Trash to the Inbox, then
open that conversation and delete just the original message (moving it
back to Trash), which should leave your reply by itself in the Inbox
and visible in "Sent Mail" too. If that's what you wanted.

I don't know if this is just a question of curiosity, or if you are
trying to do something differently. If all you want is for your reply
to not be in the Trash, the easiest way would be to change the Subject
line when you reply (so that it is no longer grouped with the original
message).

Marko, I could be wrong, but I don't think Gmail applies labels to
conversations. It seems to apply them to individual messages, but we
only see them grouped into conversations, which makes it appear as if
the label applies to the entire conversation (unless you turn
Conversation View off). But I've been wrong plenty of times before.

Andy

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