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