Linda, are you using pop or imap with gmail? If you're using imap, you can have gmail just not show you the all mail folder. I can't remember the name of it, but there is a google labs feature you enable that gives you more control over what mailboxes are shown with imap. This is what I did, and I don't see the all mail folder. There's a great article from tidbits on how best to set up gmail with mac mail. Here is the url. http://db.tidbits.com/article/10253 HTH. Darcy
On 2010-11-09, at 11:52 AM, David Hole wrote: > Hi Linda. > I'll just add that the reason for this "All Mail"-folder is that this folder > is where all mails ends when you click Archive when using the web-interface > in gmail. > I don't know how much you know about how gmail handles mail, but in short, > the folders is known as labels. When a mail is found only in "All Mail", it > means that it has no labels. Inbox for example, is a label, like the one you > have called Macvisionaries when using Google terminology. > -David > Den 09.11.2010 17:21, skrev Linda Adams: >> Carolyn, >> >> Now why didn't I think of that. I've used command A for other purposes. >> The folder is now empty. Thanks again. >> >> Linda >> >> On Nov 9, 2010, at 10:51 AM, Carolyn wrote: >> >>> Hi Linda: >>> Find that all-mail mailbox. Go over to messages. Interact with messages, >>> go to subject. Do command A to select all, and press delete. VO should >>> then say, "no rows selected." >>> HTH >>> Carolyn >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: Linda Adams >>> To: [email protected] >>> Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 8:38 AM >>> Subject: Apple Mail and Google >>> >>> Hi everyone, >>> >>> Today I noticed my top level Gmail mailbox was collapsed. When I >>> expanded it I found over 6,000 messages in my "All Mail" folder. Of >>> course, the very same messages had already been in my Inbox or my >>> Macvisionaries mail box and had already been read and deleted. >>> >>> Is there a way to delete all of them in one fell swoop. When I switched to >>> thread mode, there are still over 1,000. I checked the menus and elsewhere >>> but found nothing to empty a specific mailbox? >>> >>> Also, is it possible to just prevent messages going to 2 mailboxes at the >>> same time or delete this "All Mail" mailbox or is that not advisable? >>> >>> As always, thanks for your information and advice. >>> >>> Linda >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
