Son of a gun. It works. I would never have found that. Thanks,
Marshall Ron Hackley wrote: > I'll try again... because this really is the answer you are looking for. You > can delete > emails without looking at them in Netscape, but first you must change the > frames, or > panels, and how they are displayed. First a little background. When on > messenger you can > have up to three panels (or frames) showing. If all three are showing, the > left hand one > shows all of the file folders that the emails are located in. You cannot > select an email > from the left hand frame, only a file folder. Moving to the right you > probably have two > frames, one over the other. The upper one will be the emails in the file > folder, and the > frame beneath is where you view the selected email (whichever one is selected > in the above > frame). When you click and highlight an email in the top frame it is > displayed in the > bottom frame. > > OK, to make it so the email is not displayed (opened) when it is simply > highlighted you > need to get rid of the bottom view frame so you only have the top frame where > you can > select emails, and possibly the left frame where you select file folders from > (this can be > hidden too). To get rid of the bottom (view) frame, click on the center > portion of the > dividing bar between the upper and lower frames that has the little up/down > arrows on it. > This will make the upper frame extend all of the way to the bottom and there > will be no > view frame beneath. Netscape now acts a little differently; you must double > click on an > email in order to open and view it. If you click on it once it will be > highlighted but it > will not open. Then you can delete it. To return back to having upper and > lower frames > just click on the center of the dividing bar again. > > Ron KC7ZWA > Roseburg OR > > Marshall Dudley wrote: > > > > Thanks, but not really. The article said to delete any emails with that > > subject without > > viewing the email at all. I was stating that I can find no way to delete > > an email without > > viewing it. I still can't, since you have to click on the email to delete > > it, and once you > > click on it, you have viewed it. > > > > This has nothing to do with viewing or clicking on attachements, since it > > is impossible to do > > that until you have opened the email in the first place. I don't care > > about the attachments, > > I simply don't click on them. How do you delete an email without opening, > > reading or viewing > > it? That is the only question I have been asking. I can do a control A > > and that will > > highlight ALL the emails, and if I hit delete it deletes everything in my > > mailbox. But that > > is an overkill, I only want to delete the one email that I have not, and do > > not want to read. > > > > Thanks anyway, > > > > Marshall > > > > Ron Hackley wrote: > > > > > Hi Marshall... > > > > > > Netscape Messenger can display frames several different ways. If the > > > frame that you select > > > from has a view frame below it then each file you click on will be > > > displayed in the view > > > frame. I don't know if this qualifies as opening, but the email is tagged > > > as having been > > > read, and you can scroll the view frame to view it. > > > > > > IF you click on the bar with the little up/down arrows at the bottom of > > > the select frame > > > (the frame with the files you select from) then the select frame will > > > expand all the way > > > to the bottom and there will be no view frame. You must then double click > > > on a file to > > > view it and mark it as read; a single click to highlight it will not do > > > that. > > > > > > I used to use the first method, having the view frame visible, but have > > > recently started > > > using Netscape with the view frame not visible. That way Netscape doesn't > > > tag a file as > > > read just because it got highlighted (very annoying). > > > > > > I hope this makes sense and is helpful. > > > > > > Ron KC7ZWA > > > Roseburg OR > > > > > > Marshall Dudley wrote: > > > > > > > > Sorry, but before I can get to the point to click on the file, I have to > > > > open the email. It is how can I delete the email without reading it > > > > that is > > > > the problem. > > > > > > > > Marshall > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > > > > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > > > [email protected] -or- [email protected] > > > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > > > > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
