If there is an easier way, I'd like to know it too.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 7:12 PM
Subject: Re: Slightly Off Topic: E-mail Question
> Wow, that's too bad, John.
>
> And, a real pain to be sure.
>
> It would seem that there'd be an easier way, but right now, noone seems to
> know what it is.
>
> I'll keep trying here, and monitoring this thread for any future input
> from
> anyone.
>
> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 3:58 PM
> Subject: Re: Slightly Off Topic: E-mail Question
>
>
>> unfortunately, the only way I can make it work is go in to the gmail
>> account
>> on the web site, and select the messages in groups of 100 at a time and
>> delete them, it does take a while to do. It drives me crazy doing that
>> every
>> now and then.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 3:02 PM
>> Subject: Slightly Off Topic: E-mail Question
>>
>>
>>> Hello, everyone.
>>>
>>> I am trying to get my personal g-mail account to work with Windows Live
>>> Mail
>>> on a Windows 7 laptop, but am having an interesting problem as I work
>>> with
>>> my g-mail account.
>>>
>>> Specifically, in my list of g-mail folders, there is a folder called
>>> "all
>>> mail".
>>>
>>> This appears to be an archive of some sort, that contains every e-mail I
>>> have ever received, replies to relevant e-mails, etc., all the way back
>>> to
>>> about 2009, when I first set up my g-mail account.
>>>
>>> There are literally several hundred thousand e-mails in this "all mail"
>>> folder.
>>>
>>> I really don't need this folder, and I have tried to delete it, but with
>>> no
>>> luck.
>>>
>>> I also have tried going into the folder and deleting messages in groups,
>>> but
>>> again, no luck.
>>>
>>> It seems that G-mail is blocking this action.
>>>
>>> Having all of these e-mails in my "all mail" folder is slowing things
>>> down
>>> unnecessarily, and I'd like to get rid of this extra e-mail baggage.
>>>
>>> Does anyone have any ideas as to how to accomplish this?
>>>
>>> Do I actually have to go into my g-mail account to do this, and if so,
>>> what
>>> exactly do I do?
>>>
>>> Since this quiry may be considered to be "off topic" to some, please
>>> respond
>>> to me personally at:
>>>
>>> [log in to unmask]
>>>
>>> Thanks much.
>>>
>>> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>
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