i have 264 pages of spam and i want it all gone. i cant just select all and delete because it is too much. do i need to email it or am i missing something

1/2/2007 7:45:43 PM

there should be a link in the faq that tells you how to do it when you are over quota

1/2/2007 7:47:26 PM

i didnt see it

1/2/2007 7:58:53 PM

http://www.ncsu.edu/it/essentials/email_messaging/webmail/faq.html

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"How do I delete messages when my email storage space is full (over quota)? Under Squirrelmail's default setting, when you delete a message, it doesn't actually disappear but goes instead to your Trash folder, where it uses up part of your email storage space, just as all your other folder contents do. The same may be true for another program that you are using for your campus email. Consequently, when you exceed your email storage allocation, you cannot send items to the Trash folder, even if it is empty. You can remedy this in one of two ways: * Allow more room for email by re-allocating your total file storage space. You may need to allocate less for your other files. Your new email space should be available within 24 hours. * Free up part of your existing email space immediately by temporarily changing your Trash folder options and permanently deleting some messages. Here's the procedure: 1. Log in to Squirrelmail (http://webmail.ncsu.edu). 2. In your Folders list (to the left or right of the main window), click on "(Check mail)." 3. If you then see the word "(purge)" next to the name of the Trash folder, it contains messages. To permanently delete them, click on "(purge)." This will recover some of your email storage, but it may not be enough to allow you to delete more messages. Check to see how your email space is distributed by doing this: 1. Go to http://sysnews.ncsu.edu/ 2. On the right hand side of the page, under "System Tools," select "login now." 3. Enter your Unity ID and password when prompted. 4. From the System Tools menu on the right, select "Email Tools." 5. Choose "IMAP Usage Query." 6. You will see a table entitled "IMAP Quota Check" showing the number of messages, mailbox size, and percent of space used by each of your email folders. This will help you decide which folders to select for message removal. 4. If you don't see "(purge)" next to the name of the Trash folder, or if purging the Trash did not free up enough space, you'll need to permanently delete some messages from other folders. To do this, you'll need to change your Trash folder preferences temporarily as follows: 1. At the top of the SquirrelMail screen, select "Options." 2. Choose "Folder Preferences." 3. In the Special Folder Options section, you will see a Trash Folder option. 4. From the drop-down menu next to "Trash Folder," select "[Do not use Trash]." 5. Save your changes by scrolling to the bottom of the window and clicking on the Submit button in the lower right corner. 6. Return to your Inbox by clicking on its link in your Folders list. 7. Select one or more of your folders and delete enough messages to free up part of your email storage space. Your recovered space will be available immediately. NOTE:These messages will be permanently deleted, not transferred to the Trash folder. 8. Reload the page and check the "current usage" bar (at the top of the frame that contains your Folders list) to see how much of your email storage you're now using. It may take a while for the changes to show up there. 5. Restore your Trash folder preferences by going back into Special Folder Options as described in step 4 above and selecting "INBOX.Trash" instead of "[Do not use Trash]." If you prefer, you can select a different folder for storing deleted messages. CAUTION: If you skip step 5 and keep the "Do not use Trash" option, Squirrelmail will permanently delete any messages as soon as you delete them from a folder. You won't be able to review them later in the Trash folder. "

1/2/2007 8:04:16 PM

well i was hoping to find a solution that didnt involve waiting 20 minutes for it to show all, but i guess that works

1/2/2007 8:06:36 PM

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"i didnt see it"

you must be masturbating too much then

[Edited on January 2, 2007 at 8:08 PM. Reason : quote]

1/2/2007 8:07:10 PM

1) Install/Setup a mail client
2) Having mail client deleting synchronize with server
3) Profit

If you are still on webmail and getting that much mail, I'd recommend switching over to Thunderbird or Outlook (Express comes with Windows, 2003 comes with Office).

1/2/2007 8:55:42 PM

i'll probably do another blind forward to gmail

1/2/2007 9:06:24 PM

Jon, I can suggest two things that might help:

First, SquirrelMail lets you specify the number of messages that show up per page. You can have it show you a million billion on one page, if you want. To do so, click "Options" at the top of the page, then select Display Preferences. Change the number for "Number of Messages per Page" to something large. Then press Submit at the bottom.

Click on your Inbox again. That might take a few minutes to load the entire list, but then you can click "Toggle All," then delete all of them at once.

As far as long-term spam prevention, please please please check out the new Spam Filter setup tool on SysNews. I've been talking about it now for a couple of months, and it really will take the headache out of your spam problem. https://sysnews.ncsu.edu/tools-php/spam-filter-setup.php

Please contact me directly if you need any additional help.

1/2/2007 9:56:18 PM

Yeah that really wouldn't take any time if you had a hundred or so emails per page. That's how I did it, and like ^ said, 'Select All -> Delete' two or three times is really not that hard. Then you can just purge your trash folder and its done. 5 minutes, max.

[Edited on January 4, 2007 at 12:51 PM. Reason : ]

1/4/2007 12:50:48 PM