Gmail

[Doran]

Ok, So I have 12,000 messages in my account.

The time has come to keep the ones I want to keep and delete the rest, then keep on top of my inbox from then on out!

But I can't work out how to do it.

The problem is that I have already archived like 10k, but want to keep some of them, so how do I split them apart, then delete the rest of the arichived ones?

I ask this because I presume the 'archive' is the only place to store old messages - I was disapointed that it does not look like you can simply create another folder.

Can anyone help?

 

[Doran]

Get yourself a new account. It's obvious that too many people know your current address.

That isn't actually the problem, believe it or not!

I just talk to things far too much, and I never changed my facebook settings (which I have now done!)

Ok, So i have just set up IMAP - how do I get the specific emails I want to keep in therE?

 

[Doran]

star the ones you wanna keep, press unstared it selects them all then delete ?

Of course! That is by far the easiest immediate solution!

I am thick!

 

[Doran]

you want to delete emails from Gmail?

With 6GB of space?

Im confused as to why?

Unmanageable, as I want to store and easily locate key emails, which 12000 messages precludes!

 

[Doran]

surely you dont need to keep 12k worth of emails?

Whats what I just said, I dont want 12k emails, but having them precludes sensibly looking after and organising the rest.

 

[Doran]

Just archive them all. If you ever need to find an e-mail, just do a search.

Thats what i have been doing, but i've not always been able to find what I was looking for. Hence the change in strategy.

 

[Doran]

As is said, I was struggling to find stuff on search, not least because even the rarest term seemed to generate loads of emails!