# Conversations

> An email thread in a connected mailbox, as Gmail reports it.

A conversation is one email thread in a connected mailbox. It holds the thread's
[messages](/docs/apps/inbox/messages).

## How it works

The sync sets each conversation's subject, a snippet, its participants, the time of its last
message, whether it is unread or still in the inbox, and its Gmail labels. The **Recent** view lists
conversations by their last message, newest first.

A conversation belongs to the connection it came from, and only people who can read that mailbox
see it. A thread you delete in Gmail is deleted from Continual too.

<RecordReference type="inbox.conversation" />

## Next steps

<Cards>
  <Card title="Messages" href="/docs/apps/inbox/messages" icon="message">
    The emails in a conversation.
  </Card>
  <Card
    title="Connect Gmail and GitHub"
    href="/docs/guides/connect-your-accounts"
    icon="plug"
  >
    Connect your mailbox.
  </Card>
</Cards>