Re: deleting messages

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Bruce

"If you want to delete a selection of messages, but not
the first or last, click on the last message you want to
delete, scroll up as far as you want to delete messages,
hold down the Shift key and click on that message. This
will highlight the messages in blue. Hit the Delete key."

This operation places messages in the Deleted Tems folder and does not delete them. If you amend the last sentence by adding the word "Shift" the process does delete. However, some might say the process you have described is safer.

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Gerry

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"Bruce Hagen" <Nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:eobyp3URFHA.1528@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
OE's Clean Up doesn't delete message headers. A drawback. But there are many simple ways to do this manually.

You can create a message such as this:

Tools>Message Rules>News.

Box 1: Where the message was sent more than days ago
Box 2: Delete it
Box 3: Click on "Days" and choose the # of days you want.
Name the rule.

*NOTE* This will not delete messages automatically. You have to go to Tools>Message
Rules>News, and click Apply Now when you want to do this. Also, you will be given a choice of which newsgroup to delete from after you click Apply Now.

If you want to delete a selection of messages, but not the first or last, click on the last message you want to delete, scroll up as far as you want to delete messages, hold down the Shift key and click on that message. This will highlight the messages in blue. Hit the Delete key.

If you want to delete every message after a certain one, click on the newest message you want deleted. Hold Ctrl+Shift and tap the End key, then Delete.

If you want to delete all messages in a newsgroup, highlight any message - Hold Ctrl & A and tap Delete.

Any way you do it, follow up by compacting all your folders *manually* while working offline, and in Outlook Express at the top of the Folder Tree.

File>Work Offline (or double click Working Online in the Status Bar).
File>Folder>Compact all folders.

In Tools>Options>Maintenance: Uncheck: Compact messages in background. {N/A if running XP-SP2}.

   Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - (IE/OE)
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"D@annyBoy" <origin@ld@nnyboy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:e3gHLwURFHA.508@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
is there software or script available that will do this?

Tools | Options | Maintenance
Clean up now | Delete | Compact

Have tried using macro recorder, but it doesn't works perfectly?
tia



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