Re: Deleting ALL mail at once

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Hi, PA Bear - and Winston.

If DHR really wants to delete ALL messages for a POP3 Mail Account, can't he just Remove that account at Tools | Accounts...?

RC
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"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:#0Am#nPwJHA.3504@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Allow me to riff on your post, winston, since DHR has yet to reveal where this inbox is located (e.g.,web-mail; Outlook Express; Windows Live Mail; Windows Mail; Outlook).

For most locally installed e-mail clients. Access your Inbox, select a
message, press Control A to select all, then press the Delete Key.

If these inbox messages were downloaded via POP3, one can only delete the messages and "start over" if the messages remain on the server.

...winston wrote:
For most locally installed e-mail clients. Access your Inbox, select a
message, press Control A to select all, then press the Delete Key.

If Hotmail, logon to mail.live.com, click on Inbox(left pane), click on the
small box adjacent to the words 'Sort by'(doing so will select all messages
in the folder) then click on Delete(in the Toolbar, directly above the
'Sort by')
When deleting messages in volume, it usually appropriate to make one final
check prior to performing a global deletion.
"DHR" wrote:
I like the new fomrat, but want to start over. Is there ANY way to "check
all" and then delete ALL 700+ messages in my inbox? I truly really want to
wipe out the whole show and start over (I'm making new preferences &c).
HELP!!

.

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  • Re: Deleting ALL mail at once
    ... Removing the POP3 account would not affect messages already downloaded to the inbox, ... If DHR really wants to delete ALL messages for a POP3 Mail Account, ... message, press Control A to select all, then press the Delete Key. ...
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  • Re: Deleting ALL mail at once
    ... Removing the account does remove the Inbox and all other account folders ... message, press Control A to select all, then press the Delete Key. ... When deleting messages in volume, it usually appropriate to make one ...
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  • Re: Deleting ALL mail at once
    ... Allow me to riff on your post, winston, since DHR has yet to reveal where this inbox is located (e.g.,web-mail; Outlook Express; Windows Live Mail; Windows Mail; Outlook). ... message, press Control A to select all, then press the Delete Key. ... If these inbox messages were downloaded via POP3, one can only delete the messages and "start over" if the messages remain on the server. ...
    (microsoft.public.internet.mail)
  • Re: Deleting ALL mail at once
    ... Access your Inbox, select a message, press Control A to select all, then press the Delete Key. ... If Hotmail, logon to mail.live.com, click on Inbox, click on the small box adjacent to the words 'Sort by'then click on Delete ... When deleting messages in volume, it usually appropriate to make one final check prior to performing a global deletion. ...
    (microsoft.public.internet.mail)