I think Joe was referring to the iPhone five but I may be wrong.are used IM a P myself and this is what I generally do to delete them quickly fired the computer. > On 21 Oct 2014, at 10:31, Mobeen Iqbal <mobeeniqbal@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi. > > I am not sure what mail client you are using but most if not all offer a mark > all option or check all. This ticks all the messages in a certain folder and > that allows you to just press delete and they are gone. You could also add > the account to a desktop client using imap if your provider supports it, hit > select all and press delete. > > All the best, > > Mo. > > > Eleanor Martha Burke <eleanormarthaburke@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Well it is fairly labourious whatever you do. Instead of deleting all >> individually you can highlight each one individually and at the end delete >> them all together, which is fastest I am not sure. I just go for the >> deleting of each individually. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Joe Bollard" <joebollard2@xxxxxxxxxx> >> To: "vip_ students" <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 9:19 AM >> Subject: [vip_students] mobile corner >> >> >>> at last friends i am going to do something about my mobile phone, let me >>> explain up to now i have just used my phone for recieving and making >>> calls, texting, and listening to radio stations, but now, i want to start >>> using it to send >>> e >>> mails, my laptop is on it's last legs, and i use my >>> desktop for all my other work including audio material, so, this morning i >>> went in to my "mail" folder with a view to exploring what is in there, >>> wow, i have messages dating back to last august, do i have to delete them >>> one by one? or can i do it in one fell swoop? if i have to delete them one >>> by one i'll need a whole day to do it, or can i connect it up to my >>> computer and "zap" they're gone, or have i just invented that, >>> incidentally i have a braille pen slim that i use for texting , it's a >>> natty little gadget with a perkins keyboard, anyway, i have a five IOS >>> phone, and want to start to use it more, hope someone can help, god bless, >>> travel safely, joe. >>> >>> The vip_students mailing list >>> Manage account or unsubscribe: //www.freelists.org/list/vip_students >>> Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/vip_students >>> Administrative contact: support@xxxxxxx >>> >> >> >> >> >> The vip_students mailing list >> Manage account or unsubscribe: //www.freelists.org/list/vip_students >> Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/vip_students >> Administrative contact: support@xxxxxxx >> >> >> >> > > -- > Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.