Yes, worth a try Ronni. Considering the size of the task some creative work avoidance may pay off. :-)
Cheers, C Sent from my iPad On 24/10/2011, at 17:41, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: > Hi Sam, > > Pity all the emails aren’t in the Trash Mailbox, you CAN Empty all Trash > easily. > Go to Mailboxes, select trash, scroll to bottom of list, select Edit at top > of page. > Option to 'Delete All' is in Red at bottom. Click it and...all gone > > There is no way to delete ALL emails. Trash ? yes. emails? no > > On the iPad , perhaps he could just 'Delete the email Account’ ... and all > the emails are gone! > Then Setup his email Account again in Settings > Mail, Contacts , Calendars - > Accounts. > > Might work hey Carlo? > > Cheers, > Ronni > > On 24/10/2011, at 5:30 PM, cm wrote: > >> Hi Sam, >> >> For such a large number of emails he might find it easier to do the culling >> on a Mac or (dare I say it) a Windows PC. If it is a IMAP account, changes >> made on the server will be propagated to the iPad. >> >> Cheers, >> Carlo >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On 24/10/2011, at 17:22, Samantha Whitely <wh...@internode.on.net> wrote: >> >>> 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>
