I did, but resent it to gmug anyway just in case as well. So there is no select all button or shortcut I gather, how you noted is how he is doing it, which isn't hard, but with that amount it is really boring and repetitive.
Ah well, time to put a movie on, pour a drink and start deleting for the evening I think. Sam On 24/10/2011, at 4:36 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > > On 24/10/2011, at 4:08 PM, Samantha Whitely wrote: > >> Hello everyone, >> >> I was just curious as to whether there would be an easy solution to the >> following problem. >> >> My husband, has a work iPad that he is unable to download any applications >> on, nor is he able to get to the webmail section on the internet of the >> provider. >> >> There are 19,900 or so (there was 20,000 yesterday) emails that he needs to >> download and sort through - and mainly delete, but on the iPad he can only >> download 45 at a time. >> Also so far he has not found a 'select all' option and so has been deleting >> them one at a time … although he is going to have another look for that this >> afternoon he tells me. >> >> He is using the mail application built into the pad. >> >> If anyone has any suggestions, they would be awfully appreciated at the >> moment! > > Hi Sam, > > I realise you meant to post this on GMUG Mailing list, but it’s here now so > ;-) > > To Delete Multiple Messages: Tap Edit. > Tap the circle to the left of one or more messages to “check” them. > Tap Delete to delete the checked messages. > > Cheers, > Ronni > > 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt" > 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD > > OS X 10.7.2 Lion > Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
