ramone_kalsaw Posted August 6, 2004 Share Posted August 6, 2004 Hello, I've been remiss in throwing out the trash in my SquirlMail trashfolder, and now have several thousand pieces to throw away. I'm not seeing how to select multiple messages -- without clicking them one at a time. Is there a way to do this? For example: with Outlook, Click + Shift selects whole blocks. Also, is there a key command to use (like Shift/Delete) that will do a permanent delete, bypassing the Trash folder? Thanks for your cleaning tips! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Bruce Posted August 6, 2004 Share Posted August 6, 2004 Isn't there a Select All link above the messages? (see image) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramone_kalsaw Posted August 7, 2004 Author Share Posted August 7, 2004 There is, but I don't want to throw away all of the messages at once. I'd like to select "chunks," like a month at a time, without having to click 50 or so boxes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Rob Posted August 7, 2004 Share Posted August 7, 2004 How about checking all of them with the select all box and then unchecking those you want to keep? Or if it is a one time shot what about setting up an IMAP connection in Outlook or OE and using that to connect and remove the chunks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borfast Posted August 7, 2004 Share Posted August 7, 2004 I agree with Rob. An IMAP connection allows you to change things directly on your mail account, while using an interface of your choice (in your case, Outlook - and I'll take this chance to recommend you switch to Mozilla Thunderbird or some other mail client other than Outlook). That way you can do what you described using Outlook but you'll be affecting the mail folders directly in the server instead of the mail messages you have already downloaded into Outlook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramone_kalsaw Posted August 8, 2004 Author Share Posted August 8, 2004 I'm setting up Mozilla Thunderbird, as recommended. The default setup is POP, but you mentioned IMAP. What's the difference? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Rob Posted August 8, 2004 Share Posted August 8, 2004 IMAP allows you to view the items directly on the server instead of downloading them to your computer first before reading them. This is useful if you work for a corporation and might change where you sit often or in your case where you have a ton of mail you want to remove before downloading it to your computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramone_kalsaw Posted August 8, 2004 Author Share Posted August 8, 2004 Thanks Raul and Rob, You made my life much easier with an IMAPed Mozilla configuration! (SquireMail does quite cut it.) My wife is using an iMAC with O/S 9.1. Does Thuderbird work with that OS? If not, is there something along the lines of Thunderbird she could use? -- SquirrelMail isn't doing the job for her either. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramone_kalsaw Posted August 8, 2004 Author Share Posted August 8, 2004 Is there a migration path for moving MS Outlook folders/messages over to Thunderbird? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Rob Posted August 8, 2004 Share Posted August 8, 2004 I havent done it but try here; support.real-time.com/tbird/outlook_import.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borfast Posted August 8, 2004 Share Posted August 8, 2004 If I'm not mistaken, Thunderbird should have done that automatically for you. But if it didn't (which must be the case, otherwise you wouldn't be asking this ), try the link Rob suggested, it explains you how to do it By the way, the reason I recommended Thunderbird is because you'll no longer be vulnerable to all those hundreds of Outlook / Outlook Express viruses If you use Internet Explorer and would like to try a different browser experience (faster, no pop-ups, no pop-up blockers necessary, no viruses getting into your computer, etc) try Mozilla Firefox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Thomas Posted August 8, 2004 Share Posted August 8, 2004 I must peek in to ask a question since lots of this has been in my head for a while... Firefox = Broswer Thunderbird = Email Why not use Mozilla 1.x which have a browser and email client that is not M$? I mean why make 2 installations when you can have 2 in 1? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arvind Posted August 8, 2004 Share Posted August 8, 2004 Is there a migration path for moving MS Outlook folders/messages over to Thunderbird? Thanks! You may want to help out the Thunderbird community http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/asa/archives/006152.html Thomas, I use Firefox and Thunderbird separately. I tried the Mozilla suite but much prefer the flexibility and extendibility of having Firefox and Thunderbird rather than the suite ! A good example is looking @ the themes and extensions available (taken from update.mozilla.org) Mozilla Suite Extensions: 49 Themes: 0 Firefox Extensions: 131 Themes: 36 Thunderbird Extensions: 24 Themes: 1 Plus Firefox and Thunderbird are going to be replacing the suite soon ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramone_kalsaw Posted August 11, 2004 Author Share Posted August 11, 2004 Thanks for the link, Rob. Looks like the deal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Rob Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 Happy to be of service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramone_kalsaw Posted August 11, 2004 Author Share Posted August 11, 2004 I'm kind of screwed at the moment: When I installed Thunderbird using IMAP, my ports got screwed up in the process and now I can't send email using either Thunderbird or Outlook because I apparently no longer have the correct settings: Error Message says: "Please verify that your SMTP Server setting is correct and try again. From Thunderbird "Account Settings" screen: TCH Server Settings: -- Server Name: "mail.biom.net -- Port 143 (default) Outgoing Server (SMTP) -- Server name: mail.earthlink.net -- Port 25 (default) On my end I don't know what to change to get things working again : ( Can you help me get back to where I was (POP) so I can send mail again using Outlook. I REALLY NEED TO GET THAT FUNCTIONALITY BACK AGAIN ASAP! THANKS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Bruce Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 (edited) Incoming port for POP email is usually 110. Outgoing POP (SMTP) you can use 25 or 26. Edited August 11, 2004 by TCH-Bruce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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