Actually, if you just highlight the first message, then scroll to the bottom of the list, then hold down the SHIFT key as you click on the last message, they will all then be highlighted ready for deletion. To avoid sending all those to the DELETED ITEMS folder, keep holding the SHIFT key down as you press the DELETE key. To be selective about messages you wish to delete, hold down the CTRL key as you scroll through the messages using the DOWN ARROW and only press DELETE on the individual messages you wish to delete. When you are finished, hold down the SHIFT key and press DELETE. Only the selected messages will be deleted. Lance P. S. Check out Legacy Family Tree today! This full featured genealogy program can be downloaded FREE at http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Index.asp?mid=52583ii -----Original Message----- From: Vrgfdonna@aol.com [mailto:Vrgfdonna@aol.com] Sent: Friday, 15 April 2005 9:41 AM To: SENIOR-NEWBIE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] MASS DELETION OF EMAILS/ ruth In a message dated 4/14/2005 6:33:12 P.M. Central Daylight Time, mamat@gvtel.com writes: ....if you hit delete on the first one and hold it down til the end, it will dump them all into the deleted items, and you can mass delete from there.... PAX NancyT --------------- Nancy, THANKS! That worked very well! That's the best way yet! Velma

One additional refinement to Lance's suggestion: You don't even have to scroll down the list. Press CTR-Home and that will take you to the first message in a folder. Click on it. Then press CTR-End and that will take you to the end. Hold down the shift key and click on the last one. Everything in between should be highlighted. Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lance" <lance.b.4u@gmail.com> To: <SENIOR-NEWBIE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 8:27 PM Subject: RE: [SR-NEWBIE] MASS DELETION OF EMAILS/ ruth > Actually, if you just highlight the first message, then scroll to the bottom > of the list, then hold down the SHIFT key as you click on the last message, > they will all then be highlighted ready for deletion. To avoid sending all > those to the DELETED ITEMS folder, keep holding the SHIFT key down as you > press the DELETE key. > > To be selective about messages you wish to delete, hold down the CTRL key as > you scroll through the messages using the DOWN ARROW and only press DELETE > on the individual messages you wish to delete. When you are finished, hold > down the SHIFT key and press DELETE. Only the selected messages will be > deleted. > > Lance > > > P. S. Check out Legacy Family Tree today! This full featured genealogy > program can be downloaded FREE at > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Index.asp?mid=52583ii > -----Original Message----- > From: Vrgfdonna@aol.com [mailto:Vrgfdonna@aol.com] > Sent: Friday, 15 April 2005 9:41 AM > To: SENIOR-NEWBIE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] MASS DELETION OF EMAILS/ ruth > > In a message dated 4/14/2005 6:33:12 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > mamat@gvtel.com writes: > ....if you hit delete on the first one > and hold it down til the end, it will dump them all into the deleted items, > and you can mass delete from there.... > > PAX > NancyT > --------------- > > Nancy, THANKS! That worked very well! That's the best way yet! > > Velma > > > > > ==== 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 > >