Hi Gerri...............DELETE EVERY DAY!! is my new motto! Deleting 6,000 emails is quite a monumental task, but the suggestions are really great! I only deleted about 50 - 100 at a time because my fingers got tired of holding down Controll and clicking on each email. Ruth in IN ----- Original Message ----- From: <Gerri1936@aol.com> To: <SENIOR-NEWBIE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 9:11 AM Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] MASS DELETION OF EMAILS/ ruth > In a message dated 4/14/2005 9:48:11 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > brummett@sigecom.net writes: > >> >> Thanks. I didn't realize it would do that. I had been deleting about >> 50 - >> 100 at a time! Ruth in IN >> >> > > Ruth, > > Don't forget that Lance reminded us that deleting too many at one time, > may > cause a freeze up ... > > Have a good day and glad your problem is solved. I usually delete > mine every couple days.. easier and not so time consuming . > > gerri > mason oh > > > ==== 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 > >