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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows XP => Topic started by: lilac on March 29, 2008, 04:21:12 PM

Title: Can't delete a lot of my email messages
Post by: lilac on March 29, 2008, 04:21:12 PM

I have a Windows 2000 IBM ThinkPad Laptop.

I made a mistake and forwarded an email message to everyone in my address book.
In the process, I somehow made it so I can delete some messages, but not all, and I can't delete large blocks of messages anymore, so the messages are building.

I'm not a very computer savy person yet, but if there is a simple way to walk me through the steps to making it so I can delete anything again, that would be great.
Thanks   

Title: Re: Can't delete a lot of my email messages
Post by: patio on March 29, 2008, 04:45:46 PM

What do you use for email ? ?

Title: Re: Can't delete a lot of my email messages
Post by: lilac on April 04, 2008, 11:13:06 AM

What do you use for email ? ?

Hi....I'm answering this response by Patio.

I use Outlook Express

Title: Re: Can't delete a lot of my email messages
Post by: soybean on April 04, 2008, 12:23:49 PM

Quote from: lilac on March 29, 2008, 04:21:12 PM

I can delete some messages, but not all, and I can't delete large blocks of messages anymore ...

Please elaborate on that.  What do you mean by "delete large blocks of messages"?  Do you normally delete messages from various folders to the Deleted Items folder and then empty the Deleted Items folder at certain intervals? 

If you right click on your Deleted Items folder and select "Empty 'Deleted Items' Folder", can you empty it that way?  If not, what happens?