Thanks. I didn't realize it would do that. I had been deleting about 50 - 100 at a time! Ruth in IN ----- Original Message ----- From: "ETM" <etm1935@yahoo.com> To: <SENIOR-NEWBIE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 12:32 AM Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] MASS DELETION OF EMAILS > And also remember that the control key will remove the > highlight from a message you want to retain. > > Elaine > > Life takes its toll. Have exact change ready! > > Hello Lance > > On Thursday, April 14, 2005, you wrote > >> One thing to watch with such a huge amount of deletions, selecting >> them ALL in one hit may cause the program to freeze up. Take small >> bites and delete them in batches to prevent a freeze up. > >> Lance > > > > > ==== SENIOR-NEWBIE Mailing List ==== > To leave the list, click here and send: > mailto:SENIOR-NEWBIE-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe > To leave the DIGEST, click here and send: > mailto:SENIOR-NEWBIE-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >

Many thanks to all of you for helping with this problem. Several of your suggestions worked just fine! Senior-Newbies came through for us again!!! Ruth in IN

Thanks, Ruth, for bringing up this question - I never thought about it but checked and had over 2000. Followed the instructions ................then clicked the delete button ...............all gone! Ruth in NJ

May I suggest for those using Outlook Express that you go to Tools>Options>Send and unclick "save sent messages" ? I don't do that because i really do want to save mine, but if you don't, that's the simple solution. Regards, Sharyn

And also remember that the control key will remove the highlight from a message you want to retain. Elaine Life takes its toll. Have exact change ready! Hello Lance On Thursday, April 14, 2005, you wrote > One thing to watch with such a huge amount of deletions, selecting > them ALL in one hit may cause the program to freeze up. Take small > bites and delete them in batches to prevent a freeze up. > Lance

> If you are useing O.E. and Windows XP, open "inbox", go to "edit", top left > hand corner, second option is "select all" > Do this and all your read and unread emails should highlite, then press > "delete" See. I *knew* there was a quicker way to highlight the entries. Thanks, Jack. Richard

Ruth in IN <brummett@sigecom.net> wrote: > Tonight I was shocked to see that I had about 6,000 "sent" emails. > > So I have been doing: Hold down Control. Click each email. Click Delete. > Well, I got down to about 2,500 and my pointer fingers are numb!! SURELY > there is an easier way! I tried clicking on the first and the last emails > in a line, but only the two were deleted. Anone got a suggestion?? Many > thanks. Ruth: Click on the first message you want to delete to highlight it. Hold down the shift key and hold down the Down Arrow key. When all of those you want to delete are highlighted, hit the delete key. There may be a quicker way to "highlight all" but I'm not sure I recall what it is. Richard P. Fairfax, VA

In a message dated 4/13/2005 10:57:52 PM Eastern Daylight Time, brummett@sigecom.net writes: > > > Tonight I was shocked to see that I had about 6,000 "sent" emails. > > So I have been doing: Hold down Control. Click each email. Click Delete. > Well, I got down to about 2,500 and my pointer fingers are numb!! SURELY > there is an easier way! I tried clicking on the first and the last emails > in a line, but only the two were deleted. Anone got a suggestion?? Many > thanks. > Ruth in IN > Ruth , The way I delete read emails and sent emails is .... open sent or read mails you want to delete ... hold down Shift key Hover pointer while holding down left clicker and this will highlight all of them and then click delete .... Actually this method will work for anything you want to highlight and delete . Just like in bodies of e mails that you only want to send or forward parts of it . good luck , hope this works for you ... gerri

Ruth, Highlight the first one that you want to delete. Scroll down to the last one. Hold down the shift key and click on the last one. It should highlight all of them. Then click delete. Another way is to highlight the 1st one. Then holding down the ctrl key click on each one. Each message clicked on should now be highlighted. Then hit the delete key. Hope this helps a bit. Take care - Emma In a message dated 4/13/2005 9:57:52 PM Central Standard Time, brummett@sigecom.net writes: Tonight I was shocked to see that I had about 6,000 "sent" emails. So I have been doing: Hold down Control. Click each email. Click Delete. Well, I got down to about 2,500 and my pointer fingers are numb!! SURELY there is an easier way! I tried clicking on the first and the last emails in a line, but only the two were deleted. Anone got a suggestion?? Many thanks. Ruth in IN

In a message dated 4/13/05 8:57:52 PM Mountain Daylight Time, brummett@sigecom.net writes: Tonight I was shocked to see that I had about 6,000 "sent" emails. So I have been doing: Hold down Control. Click each email. Click Delete. Well, I got down to about 2,500 and my pointer fingers are numb!! SURELY there is an easier way! I tried clicking on the first and the last emails in a line, but only the two were deleted. Anone got a suggestion?? Many thanks. Ruth in IN Click on the first one, then press Shift when clicking the last one. ALL of the files between the two that you clicked on will be deleted. Mike in TX

In a message dated 4/13/2005 8:25:41 PM Eastern Standard Time, PeteScherm@aol.com writes: It's possible that the newer AOL versions (I use 5.0) may have complicated things - again - and may have that google history problem. Pete- I'm not sure what you mean by this? What does Google history have to do with what version of AOL you use or even what email program you use? I suspect we are talking about apples and oranges. Joan

Tonight I was shocked to see that I had about 6,000 "sent" emails. So I have been doing: Hold down Control. Click each email. Click Delete. Well, I got down to about 2,500 and my pointer fingers are numb!! SURELY there is an easier way! I tried clicking on the first and the last emails in a line, but only the two were deleted. Anone got a suggestion?? Many thanks. Ruth in IN

Ellen at ELLEN542@aol.com writes: << I use google several times a day and thought I would check out my history also. Nothing there......how come? >> Ellen, Same for me. I think the answer might be "because we use AOL". That means we are free from the curse of Outlook and Outlook Express. It's possible that the newer AOL versions (I use 5.0) may have complicated things - again - and may have that google history problem. I do have my computer set to clear temp. files and history each time I shut-down (nightly), so that would certainly take care of google's history, I'd guess. But, while it's up and running, I can use the dropdown listing next to the URL window to access all of the websites I've visited since I've signed-on. Sort of a history. But I'm on and off several times a day, so the history never amounts to much. I try to keep things simple. Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts

Right click on the image. Then the menu will appear offering options to handle the image. Choose send to mail recipient. Elaine Theory of relativity: If you go back far enough, we're all related. Hello Nancy On Wednesday, April 13, 2005, you wrote > Hi, > back on April 9, John Warnock answered a question about sending a picture > BY email...he said.... > "In windowsXP just select the picture you wish to send, then on the left > side you will see --Email this file --- click on this then choose the small > size to send, and picture will appear in an email form as an attachement, > but also in the body of the email when it arrives. All you have to do is > enter the address.." > Well, I tried this, and I sure didn't get far.... I had saved the photo I > wanted to send as a .jpg file made in PaintShopPro8.... > I didn't see any "email this file" or "small size" to click on....I got > Picture greyed out... then hit html, and got ONE HUGE PHOTO, so backed > off.... > What am I missing here? I get photos in emails all the time... so it can't > be that horrendously difficult, why am I having such an awful time doing > it??? > There was also something said about going to an online "Email picture > guide" Where is that?? > Thanks, > PAX > NancyT

Hi, back on April 9, John Warnock answered a question about sending a picture BY email...he said.... "In windowsXP just select the picture you wish to send, then on the left side you will see --Email this file --- click on this then choose the small size to send, and picture will appear in an email form as an attachement, but also in the body of the email when it arrives. All you have to do is enter the address.." Well, I tried this, and I sure didn't get far.... I had saved the photo I wanted to send as a .jpg file made in PaintShopPro8.... I didn't see any "email this file" or "small size" to click on....I got Picture greyed out... then hit html, and got ONE HUGE PHOTO, so backed off.... What am I missing here? I get photos in emails all the time... so it can't be that horrendously difficult, why am I having such an awful time doing it??? There was also something said about going to an online "Email picture guide" Where is that?? Thanks, PAX NancyT

Ellen <ELLEN542@aol.com> wrote: > I use google several times a day and thought I would check out my history > also. Nothing there......how come? Did you place the pointer on the box where you enter your search criteria and click it? A list of previous searches should then appear. Richard

I use google several times a day and thought I would check out my history also. Nothing there......how come? Ellen

Yes, it worked.......thank you, thank you, thank you.....every single one of you!!!!!!!! Ruth in NJ

YEA!!! It works. Funny thing is, I didn't even know the list was there. It's at least a mile long!! :) > > 1. Go to Google. > 2. Click in the place where you enter your search words. A list of > previous > searches will appear. > > 3. Click on any you don't want to highlight them. > > 4, Press the delete key. That should remove the search words. > > Richard > > > > > > > ==== SENIOR-NEWBIE Mailing List ==== > Keep informed of the latest news and new databases, webpages and mailing > lists at RootsWeb. Subscribe to the weekly RootsWeb Review. To > subscribe, start here: http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >

Ruth <lrfoster@joimail.com> wrote: > Thank you Richard for the instructions - unfortunately did not work. > Am using Windows 98...........any other suggestions? > Ruth in NJ Ellen's suggestion is probably easier anyway. But I can't figure out why what I said won't work. Works here. 1. Go to Google. 2. Click in the place where you enter your search words. A list of previous searches will appear. 3. Click on any you don't want to highlight them. 4, Press the delete key. That should remove the search words. Richard