[pchelpers] Re: won't delete
- From: GTCox <georgetcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2005 08:34:36 -0500
*When this happens in Outlook Express I move a message to a different
folder and then delete it from there. After that I can delete the rest
from my inbox. I don't know why it works but it just does. Maybe it will
work in Thunderbird.*
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GTCox
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Ekhart GEORGI (last name last) wrote:
>Hi Pen
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>>Tisk! I'm off to bed maybe by the time I get up one of your
>>amazing people can tell me why I can select all my sends and
>>delete, I can empty my trash,
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>I understand up to here, but i don't understand "I can not either
>one at a time"
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>>but I can not either one at a
>>time, or by right hand clicking and selecting delete,
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>Does this mean this?: "I can't delete a message (or all
>messages?) by rightclicking and selecting Delete.
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>>nor by
>>selecting all and hitting delete empty my in box. I have
>>rebooted did no good.
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>>XP thunderbird
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>Does it work if you choose all except one?
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>Have you tried first compacting? Try
>1) rightclicking the folder and choosing Compact this Folder
>and
>2) click on any non-empty folder and then File / Compact Folders
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>Ek
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