how do you delete them as a batch? I thought (too late) that I could use the Netscape search for one of the parts of the heading, and then having culled them out of the bunch, I could have deleted them as a batch.
Doug McNeill Fred Meredith wrote: >>A lot of people have mentioned wasting much time deleting all those >>messages. What I did is this: I stopped the download and went on >>the web to www.mail2web.com Using this site I was able to delete all >>the offending messages as a block without downloading any of them. >>There are also other similar websites that will allow you to do this >>- just for future reference. >> >>Jerome >> >> >> >And if you are just basically lazy with space on your computer and >time on your provider, you can go do someting else while it downloads >all those posts and then delete them as a batch. > >I just poured another cup of coffee and went to another computer to >work for awhile on another project. > >I also looked over the posts and noted the pattern and the occasional >slightly different post. > >My novice explanation is that the auto functioning mailer "demon" >locked horns with something like one of those auto "out of the >office" programs and they just kept bouncing off each other like the >images between two facing mirrors or a ball in a pong game if gets >into a straight 90 degree bounce. It could go on forever or until the >size/capacity limits are reached somewhere. > >Fred (who actually knows very little about cyberspace) Meredith > > -- Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
