Thanks very much, Joseph, and I share your nervousness, which is another 
reason why I want to get rid of that darn "all mail" folder.

Besides, I just don't need to store all of those messages anyway.

I'll work through your steps when I get time here.

73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "T. Joseph Carter" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 4:15 PM
Subject: Re: Slightly Off Topic: E-mail Question


> Go to the Gmail website, select Options (the gear icon), then Mail
> Settings.
>
> On the Mail Settings page, there are several sub-pages for different
> options.  Select Labels.  From here you can find the All Mail label.
> Options for it are Show and Hide within Gmail itself, and then a
> checkbox for Show in IMAP.  Deselect the checkbox.  All Mail will no
> longer show up as an IMAP folder, and you can now delete your local
> copy without incident.
>
> I disable this folder because I never "Archive" messages.  If I am
> done with it, it goes into Trash and is cleared out.  My eventual
> plan is to migrate away from using this email address (and Gmail)
> entirely.  At that time, I will use the All Mail folder to ensure
> that no mail is left behind.  I'm personally getting a bit nervous
> just how much of my life Google has indexed in their databases, if
> you know what I mean!
>
> Joseph - KF7QZC
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 03:02:53PM -0400, Tom Behler wrote:
>>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
>