Just throwing my two cents in. I think the web interface limits yo to viewing 100 messages at a time, so the volume you are talking about would take a long time & you would still need to empty the trash.
I think filtering is going to be your best option whatever method you choose to use. I would set up filters on the web interface first & let google do the heavy lifting. If there are mess ages that you either know are junk or that you know you want to keep, filter based on those parameters. I believe that you can set the filters to select "Not" messages. For example. You want to keep all messages related to trout so you set the filter to delete everything that is not related to trout. I have also used the message filter in Thunderbird effectively to move my email around as well. Similar to the pop3 option you could use Imap & filter things locally & do any filtering locally & then delete as you go. You would still have the message locally & on the server just in case. You could then set the account to purge the deleted items on close. Whatever you end up doing be prepared for swear words, frustration & a lot of time being bored. LOL! Good luck! WOuld be interesting to hear what you come up with. On 13-12-16 02:40 PM, Bill Rayment wrote: > I assume (bad) that your mail is still at Google. > I suggest you use the web interface > Select all mail from the left hand column > Select "all" in the box next to the Mail button and look for the line > that is just to the right of it that asks if you want to select the > total number of emails in your "All Mail" (it should give you the number > of email). > If you select that option - and then delete all the mail will be marked > with the Trash Label. > You can the use the search parameter in the search line at the top > label:trash and delete them from there - or just go to trash. > > If there is mail you wish to keep. > Then try filtering using the search box > You can search for just about any parameter and delete from there. > here is a link to the parameters allowed > https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7190?hl=en > > Good luck > > Oh another thought > setup pop3 to Google in Thunderbird Mail with the delete from server > parameter - you may have to go to setting in the Google account to allow > all of this. > This will dump the mail box onto your computer and remove it from the > server. (backed up as well) - then dumb back what you need to keep at > google. As the usual maxium of store for a Google Apps Mail account is > 30 gig it may take some time to get the job done. > I have used this method to move mail from one account to another. > > > > Bill Rayment > Applitec Systems Inc > 1 403 630 4848 <tel:1%20403%20630%204848> > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > clug-talk@clug.ca > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
