I think he is talking about deleting his messages from www.gmail.com not a folder in Outlook.
The only way I have ever figured out how to delete those messages is to do it as he first said, a hundred at a time. Even though it can be set to delete messages from the server in Outlook 2010 for the Gmail account, it still leaves the messages on the Gmail server. ___________________________________________________________________ Denny Huff Gateway For the Blind LLC. PO Box 515 St. Clair, MO 63077 Phone: (636) 262-1383 FAX: (314) 558-0298 WWW.GatewayForTheBlind.Com Have questions about that IPhone, IPad or IPod Touch? Join the IDevices list serve and get answers to your questions and find out tips and tricks about using those devices. To join send an email message to: [email protected] From: ATI [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sarah Calhoun Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2013 2:55 PM To: 'Adaptive technology information and support.' Subject: Re: [ATI] Fw: [acb-l] COMPUTER HELP QUESTION concerning gmail I agree with the suggestion below, with one change. I would select all (Control A) then, press Shift and Delete. By doing a Shift Delete, this will eliminate all of the messages from going into your delete box. The messages are totally gone. Sarah Calhoun From: ATI [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of R. E. Driscoll Sr Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2013 1:08 PM To: Jeanne Fike; Adaptive technology information and support. Subject: Re: [ATI] Fw: [acb-l] COMPUTER HELP QUESTION concerning gmail Are all of the messages in a single file or folder. If so, I suggest that you select All and then press delete. On 8/18/2013 11:14 AM, Jeanne Fike wrote: Hi, I am forwarding this message from Ken Metz from the acb-l list with the hope someone can help him. Reply to Ken Metz at [email protected] (I would like to see the answer as well.) Thank you. Jeanne Wisa Fike ----- Original Message ----- From: Ken Metz <mailto:[email protected]> To: acb-l <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2013 3:37 PM Subject: [acb-l] COMPUTER HELP QUESTION Is there a way to delete thousands of messages from gmail without doing 100 at a time? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. KEN _____ _______________________________________________ acb-l mailing list [email protected] http://www.acb.org/mailman/listinfo/acb-l _______________________________________________ ATI (Adaptive Technology Inc.) A special interest affiliate of the Missouri Council of the Blind http://moblind.org/membership/affiliates/adaptive_technology
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