Re: sorting 512.192 emails

2011-12-31 Thread Technomage Hawke
that apparently works in standard GUI mode, but trying it in basic html using a screenreader did not yield the expected result as there was no select all button. I will have to determine an alternative means. -eric On Dec 30, 2011, at 11:04 PM, Dazed_75 wrote: Might

Re: sorting 512.192 emails

2011-12-31 Thread Brian Cluff
Sounds like the easiest way for you might be to setup a different program and attach onto your gmail account with IMAP. Then you should be able to slice and dice your email without being hindered by the web interface. Brian On 12/31/2011 04:08 AM, Technomage Hawke wrote: that apparently

Re: sorting 512.192 emails

2011-12-31 Thread Technomage Hawke
tried that with apple mail. overtime I try to delete all in that folder, they come right back. also, firefox and thunderbird are not exactly speech friendly, even on the linux box. tried the imap thing with third and had much the same problem. doing it 100 at a time is frustrating as hell too.

sorting 512.192 emails

2011-12-30 Thread Technomage Hawke
well, I just spent a better part of 18 hours trying to cull out the ever expanding girth of my email accounts. in that 19 hours, I reduced the all mail folder by 259,213 emails using the only web interface that has no tools for the blind in it. its not like I want to keep all that email. it was

Re: sorting 512.192 emails

2011-12-30 Thread Dazed_75
Might http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/gmail/thread?tid=487246c51f78db43hl=enhelp? On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 9:23 PM, Technomage Hawke technomage.ha...@gmail.com wrote: well, I just spent a better part of 18 hours trying to cull out the ever expanding girth of my email accounts. in that