How to delete 3500+ emails with webmail??
14-06-2004, 15:56
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How to delete 3500+ emails with webmail??
I have just looked at a little used "username.ntlworld.com" email account & it has over 3500 emails in the inbox. 
With only webmail available at the moment, can anyone suggest an easy way of deleting all these? 
Displaying, selecting & deleting only 20 at a time is likely to take days & I dont really want to be doing that. 
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14-06-2004, 16:04
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Re: How to delete 3500+ emails with webmail??
I know you say you've only got webmail available, but I'd think the quickest way is to wait till you get to a machine with an email client. Setup an account that retrieves the mail and deletes it from the server, and then delete the lot from the email client.
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14-06-2004, 16:07
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Re: How to delete 3500+ emails with webmail??
In Webmail, select the "Folders..." option on the left pane, you will then be able to select the "Del" option to clear out the Inbox.
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14-06-2004, 16:21
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Re: How to delete 3500+ emails with webmail??
Good to see a first time poster showing someone with 1400+ under their belt the simple answer.
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15-06-2004, 08:59
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Re: How to delete 3500+ emails with webmail??
Welll I'll be!
If in doubt, ask a granny, they know it all...lol
Took a few goes & it didn't delete the folder, just moved all the messages to the trash.
Then doing the same to that deletes them all.
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15-06-2004, 09:23
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Re: How to delete 3500+ emails with webmail??
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Originally Posted by zoombini
Welll I'll be!
If in doubt, ask a granny, they know it all...lol
Took a few goes & it didn't delete the folder, just moved all the messages to the trash.
Then doing the same to that deletes them all.
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That's exactly the same way yahoo and hotmail works, when you delete a message, it doesn't actually delete it, it puts into the trash can, just in case you have made a mistake and want to retrieve it.
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15-06-2004, 09:25
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Re: How to delete 3500+ emails with webmail??
HoTMaiL and Yahoo will then delete the trash after a number of days. Don't know if NTL does.
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15-06-2004, 09:30
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Re: How to delete 3500+ emails with webmail??
It did take several goes to get them all in the trash, it moved about 1000 at first, then odd numbers after that.
Then I had to try & empty the trash a few times.
Further looking into this, I could also have gone to the Options\Display page & set the number of posts to display to be infinate.
Might have taken a while to load but I could then select all & delete them 
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15-06-2004, 09:36
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Re: How to delete 3500+ emails with webmail??
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Originally Posted by SMHarman
HoTMaiL and Yahoo will then delete the trash after a number of days. Don't know if NTL does.
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Yahoo is 30 days, not sure about Hotmail.
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15-06-2004, 09:43
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Re: How to delete 3500+ emails with webmail??
ntl mail wont delete the trash, it'll stay there until you delete it (and still counts towards your 10mb quota).
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