So we're back to the original question. What is a practical way delete old messages?
George Henne NS BASIC Corporation http://www.nsbasic.com >George Henne said: > >>Perhaps I am missing something here. When I do this, the messages stay in >>the Mail Trash. I think that all the delete is doing is moving the >>messages to the Mail Trash, and doing nothing if already there. > >Moving messages into the Mail Trash doesn't delete them, it only means >that they're one step closer to meeting their maker. If you want to get >rid of the messages in the Mail Trash you need to Empty Mail Trash... >under the Special menu. > >After you empty the mail trash you might notice that your mail database >is just as large as it was before. This is because Empty Mail Trash only >removes the messages from visible access, but they are still hiding in >the database. To really get rid of them, once and for all, you need to >Compact Database, under File menu- Database. > >>Also, I have to use command shift (not just shift) to select a block of >>messages. > >You're not using OSX, right? The keyboard shortcut commands changed >between OS versions. As you discovered, click on the first message to >delete, scroll to the last message in the block to be removed, and shift- >command click on it. > >You can also Empty Mail Trash by hitting shift- command- delete. > >Tim >Tokyo, Japan > >iBook PPC G3 300MHz OS 8.6 160MB/+400MB VM CarbonLib 1.6 >PM 4.1.2 (15MB allocated) 2 pane view Digest Mode >Tim's PowerMail FAQ <http://home.hpo.net/timm/PowerMailFAQ.html> >Last updated: March 21, 2002 > >PowerMail AppleScript Archives: ><http://homepage.mac.com/wayneb/powermail.html> > > > >
