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How do I get rid of emails on my visor? I thought I wanted to use this feature but I don't. I have tried the delete function when I have a message ope but it just puts the message in another folder. I would love to free the space in memory up for other uses.

Thanks

Chuck Hitt

Using the built-in Mail app?

Yes, when you delete messages in the Mail app, it puts them into another folder--- the Deleted Folder.

Once there, tap on Menu, Message->Purge Deleted

Excellent! Thank You very much.

Chuck Hitt

Yikes, I accidentally downloaded over 100 e-mails into my VDX -- please tell me there's some quick way to do a mass delete rather than have to open each one to delete it... what a pain!

leojbramble-- A big limitation with the built-in Mail app, IMO (which is why I use a replacement mail app :-)

The easiest way is to involve HotSync. Here's how and you have to be careful on this:

1) I'm presuming that the E-Mails got into the Mail app via HotSync with your desktop mail program (well-- duh, PZ! Maybe not! Especially if you're using TG Postman! If you did, then the rest will not apply).

On your desktop mail program, move (I said, m-o-v-e) the contents of your Inbox folder to another folder. Create a temporary mail folder if you have to. This, in effect, empties your desktop Inbox-- nothing's there.

2) Temporarily reconfigure your mail conduit HotSync action to have the "Desktop Overwrite Handheld".

3) Sync.

Since both the Palm-developed mail conduit and built-in Mail app are pretty much KISS, since there's nothing in your desktop E-Mail program's inbox, when you do the above, there will be nothing in your Mail app's inbox.

And since the built-in mail app doesn't support additional folders, it won't know about that temporary mail folder you created to save your desktop Inbox messages.

Kinda long-winded and I apologize...but I hope the above helps. To me, it's certainly better than manually tap open-delete, tap open-delete, tap open-delete.

Worked like a charm... Much appreciated!


[This message has been edited by leojbramble (edited 08-19-2000).]