Re-sending due to no initial response.

?

Tom Behler

?

?

Hello, everyone.

?

I don’t know if this will be considered off topic for this list, but I thought I’d try, since there are so many knowledgeable people out there.

?

If this is considered off topic, please reply to me personally at:

?

tombehler@...

?

I manage my personal g-mail account through Outlook Classic as part of my Microsoft 365 subscription.

?

I recently Got a notification from Google that my g-mail account space is 50% full.

?

I have three folders that literally contain thousands of messages:

?

My sent folder;? my all mail folder;? and a folder called important mail.

?

I’d like to clear out these folders to some degree, but am not quite sure how to go about it efficiently.

?

I would be happy to ?save sent e-mails from the last year or two.

?

I also wouldn’t mind paring my all mail and important mail folders back significantly, but am not sure what the difference is between all mail and important mail.

?

I do have Outlook Classic set to automatically delete e-mails from the server whenever I invoke the delete function and indicate that I’m sure of my deletion step.

?

Any help on this would be appreciated.

?

Thank you!

?

Tom Behler

?

?

Re-sending due to no initial response.

?

Tom Behler

?

?

Hello, everyone.

?

I don’t know if this will be considered off topic for this list, but I thought I’d try, since there are so many knowledgeable people out there.

?

If this is considered off topic, please reply to me personally at:

?

tombehler@...

?

I manage my personal g-mail account through Outlook Classic as part of my Microsoft 365 subscription.

?

I recently Got a notification from Google that my g-mail account space is 50% full.

?

I have three folders that literally contain thousands of messages:

?

My sent folder;? my all mail folder;? and a folder called important mail.

?

I’d like to clear out these folders to some degree, but am not quite sure how to go about it efficiently.

?

I would be happy to ?save sent e-mails from the last year or two.

?

I also wouldn’t mind paring my all mail and important mail folders back significantly, but am not sure what the difference is between all mail and important mail.

?

I do have Outlook Classic set to automatically delete e-mails from the server whenever I invoke the delete function and indicate that I’m sure of my deletion step.

?

Any help on this would be appreciated.

?

Thank you!

?

Tom Behler

?

?

My initial thought is that you have to do this from the gmail web site.

Or at least, check your gmail settings so that if you delete something on your computer, it deletes on the server.

Not knowing all the details of the account type etc., it is hard to be more confident, but even then, with gmail, I'm not that knowledgeable.? But I understand the concept of how it often does things.

I suspect the difference between important mail and all mail, is that gmail has deemed certain emails as important; whether you have or not.

That might be a good AI question of ChatGPT, Copilot, or Peplexity, etc.

?

Something like, what is the difference in Gmail between imprtant messages and all messages?

?

Good luck,

?

?

?

Re-sending due to no initial response.

?

Tom Behler

?

?

Hello, everyone.

?

I don’t know if this will be considered off topic for this list, but I thought I’d try, since there are so many knowledgeable people out there.

?

If this is considered off topic, please reply to me personally at:

?

tombehler@...

?

I manage my personal g-mail account through Outlook Classic as part of my Microsoft 365 subscription.

?

I recently Got a notification from Google that my g-mail account space is 50% full.

?

I have three folders that literally contain thousands of messages:

?

My sent folder;? my all mail folder;? and a folder called important mail.

?

I’d like to clear out these folders to some degree, but am not quite sure how to go about it efficiently.

?

I would be happy to ?save sent e-mails from the last year or two.

?

I also wouldn’t mind paring my all mail and important mail folders back significantly, but am not sure what the difference is between all mail and important mail.

?

I do have Outlook Classic set to automatically delete e-mails from the server whenever I invoke the delete function and indicate that I’m sure of my deletion step.

?

Any help on this would be appreciated.

?

Thank you!

?

Tom Behler

?

On May 17, 2025, at 9:55?AM, Tom Behler via groups.io <tombehler@...> wrote:

?

Richard:

?

I have Outlook classic configured to delete mail from the server once it is no longer needed, so I’m wondering if I can’t just do things through Outlook itself?

?

Will do more inquiring into the difference between all mail and important mail in g-mail, and would appreciate the thoughts of others as well.

?

Tom Behler

?

?

From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Richard Turner via groups.io
Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2025 9:43 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [JFW-Users] Re-sending: Cleaning Out E-mail Folders

?

My initial thought is that you have to do this from the gmail web site.

Or at least, check your gmail settings so that if you delete something on your computer, it deletes on the server.

Not knowing all the details of the account type etc., it is hard to be more confident, but even then, with gmail, I'm not that knowledgeable.? But I understand the concept of how it often does things.

I suspect the difference between important mail and all mail, is that gmail has deemed certain emails as important; whether you have or not.

That might be a good AI question of ChatGPT, Copilot, or Peplexity, etc.

?

Something like, what is the difference in Gmail between imprtant messages and all messages?

?

Good luck,

?

?

Richard, USA

"A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian." -- Pope Francis

?

My web site:

?

From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Tom Behler via groups.io
Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2025 6:35 AM
To: 'Jfw users list' <[email protected]>
Subject: [JFW-Users] Re-sending: Cleaning Out E-mail Folders

?

Re-sending due to no initial response.

?

Tom Behler

?

?

Hello, everyone.

?

I don’t know if this will be considered off topic for this list, but I thought I’d try, since there are so many knowledgeable people out there.

?

If this is considered off topic, please reply to me personally at:

?

tombehler@...

?

I manage my personal g-mail account through Outlook Classic as part of my Microsoft 365 subscription.

?

I recently Got a notification from Google that my g-mail account space is 50% full.

?

I have three folders that literally contain thousands of messages:

?

My sent folder;? my all mail folder;? and a folder called important mail.

?

I’d like to clear out these folders to some degree, but am not quite sure how to go about it efficiently.

?

I would be happy to ?save sent e-mails from the last year or two.

?

I also wouldn’t mind paring my all mail and important mail folders back significantly, but am not sure what the difference is between all mail and important mail.

?

I do have Outlook Classic set to automatically delete e-mails from the server whenever I invoke the delete function and indicate that I’m sure of my deletion step.

?

Any help on this would be appreciated.

?

Thank you!

?

Tom Behler

?

?

Richard:

?

I have Outlook classic configured to delete mail from the server once it is no longer needed, so I’m wondering if I can’t just do things through Outlook itself?

?

Will do more inquiring into the difference between all mail and important mail in g-mail, and would appreciate the thoughts of others as well.

?

Tom Behler

?

?

?

My initial thought is that you have to do this from the gmail web site.

Or at least, check your gmail settings so that if you delete something on your computer, it deletes on the server.

Not knowing all the details of the account type etc., it is hard to be more confident, but even then, with gmail, I'm not that knowledgeable.? But I understand the concept of how it often does things.

I suspect the difference between important mail and all mail, is that gmail has deemed certain emails as important; whether you have or not.

That might be a good AI question of ChatGPT, Copilot, or Peplexity, etc.

?

Something like, what is the difference in Gmail between imprtant messages and all messages?

?

Good luck,

?

?

?

Re-sending due to no initial response.

?

Tom Behler

?

?

Hello, everyone.

?

I don’t know if this will be considered off topic for this list, but I thought I’d try, since there are so many knowledgeable people out there.

?

If this is considered off topic, please reply to me personally at:

?

tombehler@...

?

I manage my personal g-mail account through Outlook Classic as part of my Microsoft 365 subscription.

?

I recently Got a notification from Google that my g-mail account space is 50% full.

?

I have three folders that literally contain thousands of messages:

?

My sent folder;? my all mail folder;? and a folder called important mail.

?

I’d like to clear out these folders to some degree, but am not quite sure how to go about it efficiently.

?

I would be happy to ?save sent e-mails from the last year or two.

?

I also wouldn’t mind paring my all mail and important mail folders back significantly, but am not sure what the difference is between all mail and important mail.

?

I do have Outlook Classic set to automatically delete e-mails from the server whenever I invoke the delete function and indicate that I’m sure of my deletion step.

?

Any help on this would be appreciated.

?

Thank you!

?

Tom Behler

?

?

Re-sending due to no initial response.

?

Tom Behler

?

?

Hello, everyone.

?

I don’t know if this will be considered off topic for this list, but I thought I’d try, since there are so many knowledgeable people out there.

?

If this is considered off topic, please reply to me personally at:

?

tombehler@...

?

I manage my personal g-mail account through Outlook Classic as part of my Microsoft 365 subscription.

?

I recently Got a notification from Google that my g-mail account space is 50% full.

?

I have three folders that literally contain thousands of messages:

?

My sent folder;? my all mail folder;? and a folder called important mail.

?

I’d like to clear out these folders to some degree, but am not quite sure how to go about it efficiently.

?

I would be happy to ?save sent e-mails from the last year or two.

?

I also wouldn’t mind paring my all mail and important mail folders back significantly, but am not sure what the difference is between all mail and important mail.

?

I do have Outlook Classic set to automatically delete e-mails from the server whenever I invoke the delete function and indicate that I’m sure of my deletion step.

?

Any help on this would be appreciated.

?

Thank you!

?

Tom Behler

?

?

Richard:

?

I have Outlook classic configured to delete mail from the server once it is no longer needed, so I’m wondering if I can’t just do things through Outlook itself?

?

Will do more inquiring into the difference between all mail and important mail in g-mail, and would appreciate the thoughts of others as well.

?

Tom Behler

?

?

?

My initial thought is that you have to do this from the gmail web site.

Or at least, check your gmail settings so that if you delete something on your computer, it deletes on the server.

Not knowing all the details of the account type etc., it is hard to be more confident, but even then, with gmail, I'm not that knowledgeable.? But I understand the concept of how it often does things.

I suspect the difference between important mail and all mail, is that gmail has deemed certain emails as important; whether you have or not.

That might be a good AI question of ChatGPT, Copilot, or Peplexity, etc.

?

Something like, what is the difference in Gmail between imprtant messages and all messages?

?

Good luck,

?

?

?

Re-sending due to no initial response.

?

Tom Behler

?

?

Hello, everyone.

?

I don’t know if this will be considered off topic for this list, but I thought I’d try, since there are so many knowledgeable people out there.

?

If this is considered off topic, please reply to me personally at:

?

tombehler@...

?

I manage my personal g-mail account through Outlook Classic as part of my Microsoft 365 subscription.

?

I recently Got a notification from Google that my g-mail account space is 50% full.

?

I have three folders that literally contain thousands of messages:

?

My sent folder;? my all mail folder;? and a folder called important mail.

?

I’d like to clear out these folders to some degree, but am not quite sure how to go about it efficiently.

?

I would be happy to ?save sent e-mails from the last year or two.

?

I also wouldn’t mind paring my all mail and important mail folders back significantly, but am not sure what the difference is between all mail and important mail.

?

I do have Outlook Classic set to automatically delete e-mails from the server whenever I invoke the delete function and indicate that I’m sure of my deletion step.

?

Any help on this would be appreciated.

?

Thank you!

?

Tom Behler

?

?

I don’t know for me. I used all mail to keep messages. I wanna save for later in case I need them as for important. I don’t know. I’ve never used that one. I think that’s another sent folder. They have a whole bunch of mailboxes, which I don’t use.

?

Richard:

?

I have Outlook classic configured to delete mail from the server once it is no longer needed, so I’m wondering if I can’t just do things through Outlook itself?

?

Will do more inquiring into the difference between all mail and important mail in g-mail, and would appreciate the thoughts of others as well.

?

Tom Behler

?

?

From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Richard Turner via groups.io
Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2025 9:43 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [JFW-Users] Re-sending: Cleaning Out E-mail Folders

?

My initial thought is that you have to do this from the gmail web site.

Or at least, check your gmail settings so that if you delete something on your computer, it deletes on the server.

Not knowing all the details of the account type etc., it is hard to be more confident, but even then, with gmail, I'm not that knowledgeable.? But I understand the concept of how it often does things.

I suspect the difference between important mail and all mail, is that gmail has deemed certain emails as important; whether you have or not.

That might be a good AI question of ChatGPT, Copilot, or Peplexity, etc.

?

Something like, what is the difference in Gmail between imprtant messages and all messages?

?

Good luck,

?

?

Richard, USA

"A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian." -- Pope Francis

?

My web site:

?

From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Tom Behler via groups.io
Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2025 6:35 AM
To: 'Jfw users list' <[email protected]>
Subject: [JFW-Users] Re-sending: Cleaning Out E-mail Folders

?

Re-sending due to no initial response.

?

Tom Behler

?

?

Hello, everyone.

?

I don’t know if this will be considered off topic for this list, but I thought I’d try, since there are so many knowledgeable people out there.

?

If this is considered off topic, please reply to me personally at:

?

tombehler@...

?

I manage my personal g-mail account through Outlook Classic as part of my Microsoft 365 subscription.

?

I recently Got a notification from Google that my g-mail account space is 50% full.

?

I have three folders that literally contain thousands of messages:

?

My sent folder;? my all mail folder;? and a folder called important mail.

?

I’d like to clear out these folders to some degree, but am not quite sure how to go about it efficiently.

?

I would be happy to ?save sent e-mails from the last year or two.

?

I also wouldn’t mind paring my all mail and important mail folders back significantly, but am not sure what the difference is between all mail and important mail.

?

I do have Outlook Classic set to automatically delete e-mails from the server whenever I invoke the delete function and indicate that I’m sure of my deletion step.

?

Any help on this would be appreciated.

?

Thank you!

?

Tom Behler

?

?

If Outlook Classic is configured to delete from the server, then deleting them in Outlook should take care of it.

I've been in your shoes with thousands of emails that I let stack up, but since I use an Outlook.com account, it didn't become a storage issue, so much as a management issue.

I ended up deleting tons one by one over a long period of time and now try to keep it manageable and created a few folders where I want to keep things so I move emails into them as needed and delete the rest.

I suppose you also could save messages as .msg (I think that is the Outlook extension by default) and keep them on an external drive so you could open them later in Outlook?

?

That might be worth asking Microsoft about since that is really an Outlook question and not a specific gmail question.

?

HTH,

?

?

?

Richard:

?

I have Outlook classic configured to delete mail from the server once it is no longer needed, so I’m wondering if I can’t just do things through Outlook itself?

?

Will do more inquiring into the difference between all mail and important mail in g-mail, and would appreciate the thoughts of others as well.

?

Tom Behler

?

?

?

My initial thought is that you have to do this from the gmail web site.

Or at least, check your gmail settings so that if you delete something on your computer, it deletes on the server.

Not knowing all the details of the account type etc., it is hard to be more confident, but even then, with gmail, I'm not that knowledgeable.? But I understand the concept of how it often does things.

I suspect the difference between important mail and all mail, is that gmail has deemed certain emails as important; whether you have or not.

That might be a good AI question of ChatGPT, Copilot, or Peplexity, etc.

?

Something like, what is the difference in Gmail between imprtant messages and all messages?

?

Good luck,

?

?

?

Re-sending due to no initial response.

?

Tom Behler

?

?

Hello, everyone.

?

I don’t know if this will be considered off topic for this list, but I thought I’d try, since there are so many knowledgeable people out there.

?

If this is considered off topic, please reply to me personally at:

?

tombehler@...

?

I manage my personal g-mail account through Outlook Classic as part of my Microsoft 365 subscription.

?

I recently Got a notification from Google that my g-mail account space is 50% full.

?

I have three folders that literally contain thousands of messages:

?

My sent folder;? my all mail folder;? and a folder called important mail.

?

I’d like to clear out these folders to some degree, but am not quite sure how to go about it efficiently.

?

I would be happy to ?save sent e-mails from the last year or two.

?

I also wouldn’t mind paring my all mail and important mail folders back significantly, but am not sure what the difference is between all mail and important mail.

?

I do have Outlook Classic set to automatically delete e-mails from the server whenever I invoke the delete function and indicate that I’m sure of my deletion step.

?

Any help on this would be appreciated.

?

Thank you!

?

Tom Behler

?

?

Hi Tom/all,

In those cases, what I usually do is go into the folder, select all messages with cntrl-a for select all and pressthe delete key. In a few minutes the folder is empty. As for my daily routine messages I have made outlook classic ask me if I want to have them permanently deleted before exiting, and I answer yes.

??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Hope this helps,

??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Cheers,

??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Takis

?

?

Re-sending due to no initial response.

?

Tom Behler

?

?

Hello, everyone.

?

I don’t know if this will be considered off topic for this list, but I thought I’d try, since there are so many knowledgeable people out there.

?

If this is considered off topic, please reply to me personally at:

?

tombehler@...

?

I manage my personal g-mail account through Outlook Classic as part of my Microsoft 365 subscription.

?

I recently Got a notification from Google that my g-mail account space is 50% full.

?

I have three folders that literally contain thousands of messages:

?

My sent folder;? my all mail folder;? and a folder called important mail.

?

I’d like to clear out these folders to some degree, but am not quite sure how to go about it efficiently.

?

I would be happy to ?save sent e-mails from the last year or two.

?

I also wouldn’t mind paring my all mail and important mail folders back significantly, but am not sure what the difference is between all mail and important mail.

?

I do have Outlook Classic set to automatically delete e-mails from the server whenever I invoke the delete function and indicate that I’m sure of my deletion step.

?

Any help on this would be appreciated.

?

Thank you!

?

Tom Behler

?

On May 17, 2025, at 10:29?AM, Tom Behler via groups.io <tombehler@...> wrote:

?

I wonder what would happen if I deleted my important e-mails?

?

I have thousands of messages in there, and don’t know how or why they got there.

?

That would leave me with my sent folder and my all mail folder.

?

I also have a bunch of other folders I don’t use, but they are empty.

?

Tom Behler

?

?

From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Simon wong via groups.io
Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2025 9:58 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [JFW-Users] Re-sending: Cleaning Out E-mail Folders

?

I don’t know for me. I used all mail to keep messages. I wanna save for later in case I need them as for important. I don’t know. I’ve never used that one. I think that’s another sent folder. They have a whole bunch of mailboxes, which I don’t use.

On May 17, 2025, at 9:55?AM, Tom Behler via groups.io <tombehler@...> wrote:

?

Richard:

?

I have Outlook classic configured to delete mail from the server once it is no longer needed, so I’m wondering if I can’t just do things through Outlook itself?

?

Will do more inquiring into the difference between all mail and important mail in g-mail, and would appreciate the thoughts of others as well.

?

Tom Behler

?

?

From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Richard Turner via groups.io
Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2025 9:43 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [JFW-Users] Re-sending: Cleaning Out E-mail Folders

?

My initial thought is that you have to do this from the gmail web site.

Or at least, check your gmail settings so that if you delete something on your computer, it deletes on the server.

Not knowing all the details of the account type etc., it is hard to be more confident, but even then, with gmail, I'm not that knowledgeable.? But I understand the concept of how it often does things.

I suspect the difference between important mail and all mail, is that gmail has deemed certain emails as important; whether you have or not.

That might be a good AI question of ChatGPT, Copilot, or Peplexity, etc.

?

Something like, what is the difference in Gmail between imprtant messages and all messages?

?

Good luck,

?

?

Richard, USA

"A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian." -- Pope Francis

?

My web site:

?

From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Tom Behler via groups.io
Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2025 6:35 AM
To: 'Jfw users list' <[email protected]>
Subject: [JFW-Users] Re-sending: Cleaning Out E-mail Folders

?

Re-sending due to no initial response.

?

Tom Behler

?

?

Hello, everyone.

?

I don’t know if this will be considered off topic for this list, but I thought I’d try, since there are so many knowledgeable people out there.

?

If this is considered off topic, please reply to me personally at:

?

tombehler@...

?

I manage my personal g-mail account through Outlook Classic as part of my Microsoft 365 subscription.

?

I recently Got a notification from Google that my g-mail account space is 50% full.

?

I have three folders that literally contain thousands of messages:

?

My sent folder;? my all mail folder;? and a folder called important mail.

?

I’d like to clear out these folders to some degree, but am not quite sure how to go about it efficiently.

?

I would be happy to ?save sent e-mails from the last year or two.

?

I also wouldn’t mind paring my all mail and important mail folders back significantly, but am not sure what the difference is between all mail and important mail.

?

I do have Outlook Classic set to automatically delete e-mails from the server whenever I invoke the delete function and indicate that I’m sure of my deletion step.

?

Any help on this would be appreciated.

?

Thank you!

?

Tom Behler

?

?

Takis:

?

As I think I said before, I have Outlook Classic set to permanently delete all messages before exiting.

?

So, I think I’m ok in that regard.

?

My main question now is if I delete what g-mail considers to be important messages, will that affect anything in my sent file and all mail folders?

?

One would think not, but I don’t want to assume and be sorry later.

?

Tom Behler

?

?

?

Hi Tom/all,

In those cases, what I usually do is go into the folder, select all messages with cntrl-a for select all and pressthe delete key. In a few minutes the folder is empty. As for my daily routine messages I have made outlook classic ask me if I want to have them permanently deleted before exiting, and I answer yes.

??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Hope this helps,

??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Cheers,

??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Takis

?

?

Re-sending due to no initial response.

?

Tom Behler

?

?

Hello, everyone.

?

I don’t know if this will be considered off topic for this list, but I thought I’d try, since there are so many knowledgeable people out there.

?

If this is considered off topic, please reply to me personally at:

?

tombehler@...

?

I manage my personal g-mail account through Outlook Classic as part of my Microsoft 365 subscription.

?

I recently Got a notification from Google that my g-mail account space is 50% full.

?

I have three folders that literally contain thousands of messages:

?

My sent folder;? my all mail folder;? and a folder called important mail.

?

I’d like to clear out these folders to some degree, but am not quite sure how to go about it efficiently.

?

I would be happy to ?save sent e-mails from the last year or two.

?

I also wouldn’t mind paring my all mail and important mail folders back significantly, but am not sure what the difference is between all mail and important mail.

?

I do have Outlook Classic set to automatically delete e-mails from the server whenever I invoke the delete function and indicate that I’m sure of my deletion step.

?

Any help on this would be appreciated.

?

Thank you!

?

Tom Behler

?

On May 17, 2025, at 10:48?AM, Tom Behler via groups.io <tombehler@...> wrote:

Takis:

?

As I think I said before, I have Outlook Classic set to permanently delete all messages before exiting.

?

So, I think I’m ok in that regard.

?

My main question now is if I delete what g-mail considers to be important messages, will that affect anything in my sent file and all mail folders?

?

One would think not, but I don’t want to assume and be sorry later.

?

Tom Behler

?

?

From:?[email protected]?<[email protected]>?On Behalf Of?Panagiotis Antonopoulos via?
Sent:?Saturday, May 17, 2025 10:13 AM
To:?[email protected]
Subject:?Re: [JFW-Users] Re-sending: Cleaning Out E-mail Folders

?

Hi Tom/all,

In those cases, what I usually do is go into the folder, select all messages with cntrl-a for select all and pressthe delete key. In a few minutes the folder is empty. As for my daily routine messages I have made outlook classic ask me if I want to have them permanently deleted before exiting, and I answer yes.

??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Hope this helps,

??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Cheers,

??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Takis

?

From:?[email protected]?<[email protected]>?On Behalf Of?Tom Behler via?
Sent:?Saturday, May 17, 2025 4:35 PM
To:?'Jfw users list' <[email protected]>
Subject:?[JFW-Users] Re-sending: Cleaning Out E-mail Folders

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Re-sending due to no initial response.

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Tom Behler

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Hello, everyone.

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I don’t know if this will be considered off topic for this list, but I thought I’d try, since there are so many knowledgeable people out there.

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If this is considered off topic, please reply to me personally at:

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tombehler@...

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I manage my personal g-mail account through Outlook Classic as part of my Microsoft 365 subscription.

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I recently Got a notification from Google that my g-mail account space is 50% full.

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I have three folders that literally contain thousands of messages:

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My sent folder;? my all mail folder;? and a folder called important mail.

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I’d like to clear out these folders to some degree, but am not quite sure how to go about it efficiently.

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I would be happy to ?save sent e-mails from the last year or two.

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I also wouldn’t mind paring my all mail and important mail folders back significantly, but am not sure what the difference is between all mail and important mail.

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I do have Outlook Classic set to automatically delete e-mails from the server whenever I invoke the delete function and indicate that I’m sure of my deletion step.

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Any help on this would be appreciated.

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Thank you!

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Tom Behler

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Takis:

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As I think I said before, I have Outlook Classic set to permanently delete all messages before exiting.

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So, I think I’m ok in that regard.

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My main question now is if I delete what g-mail considers to be important messages, will that affect anything in my sent file and all mail folders?

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One would think not, but I don’t want to assume and be sorry later.

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Tom Behler

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Hi Tom/all,

In those cases, what I usually do is go into the folder, select all messages with cntrl-a for select all and pressthe delete key. In a few minutes the folder is empty. As for my daily routine messages I have made outlook classic ask me if I want to have them permanently deleted before exiting, and I answer yes.

??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Hope this helps,

??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Cheers,

??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Takis

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Re-sending due to no initial response.

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Tom Behler

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Hello, everyone.

?

I don’t know if this will be considered off topic for this list, but I thought I’d try, since there are so many knowledgeable people out there.

?

If this is considered off topic, please reply to me personally at:

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tombehler@...

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I manage my personal g-mail account through Outlook Classic as part of my Microsoft 365 subscription.

?

I recently Got a notification from Google that my g-mail account space is 50% full.

?

I have three folders that literally contain thousands of messages:

?

My sent folder;? my all mail folder;? and a folder called important mail.

?

I’d like to clear out these folders to some degree, but am not quite sure how to go about it efficiently.

?

I would be happy to ?save sent e-mails from the last year or two.

?

I also wouldn’t mind paring my all mail and important mail folders back significantly, but am not sure what the difference is between all mail and important mail.

?

I do have Outlook Classic set to automatically delete e-mails from the server whenever I invoke the delete function and indicate that I’m sure of my deletion step.

?

Any help on this would be appreciated.

?

Thank you!

?

Tom Behler

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I wonder what would happen if I deleted my important e-mails?

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I have thousands of messages in there, and don’t know how or why they got there.

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That would leave me with my sent folder and my all mail folder.

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I also have a bunch of other folders I don’t use, but they are empty.

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Tom Behler

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I don’t know for me. I used all mail to keep messages. I wanna save for later in case I need them as for important. I don’t know. I’ve never used that one. I think that’s another sent folder. They have a whole bunch of mailboxes, which I don’t use.

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Richard:

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I have Outlook classic configured to delete mail from the server once it is no longer needed, so I’m wondering if I can’t just do things through Outlook itself?

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Will do more inquiring into the difference between all mail and important mail in g-mail, and would appreciate the thoughts of others as well.

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Tom Behler

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Richard Turner via groups.io
Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2025 9:43 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [JFW-Users] Re-sending: Cleaning Out E-mail Folders

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My initial thought is that you have to do this from the gmail web site.

Or at least, check your gmail settings so that if you delete something on your computer, it deletes on the server.

Not knowing all the details of the account type etc., it is hard to be more confident, but even then, with gmail, I'm not that knowledgeable.? But I understand the concept of how it often does things.

I suspect the difference between important mail and all mail, is that gmail has deemed certain emails as important; whether you have or not.

That might be a good AI question of ChatGPT, Copilot, or Peplexity, etc.

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Something like, what is the difference in Gmail between imprtant messages and all messages?

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Good luck,

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Richard, USA

"A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian." -- Pope Francis

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Tom Behler via groups.io
Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2025 6:35 AM
To: 'Jfw users list' <[email protected]>
Subject: [JFW-Users] Re-sending: Cleaning Out E-mail Folders

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Re-sending due to no initial response.

?

Tom Behler

?

?

Hello, everyone.

?

I don’t know if this will be considered off topic for this list, but I thought I’d try, since there are so many knowledgeable people out there.

?

If this is considered off topic, please reply to me personally at:

?

tombehler@...

?

I manage my personal g-mail account through Outlook Classic as part of my Microsoft 365 subscription.

?

I recently Got a notification from Google that my g-mail account space is 50% full.

?

I have three folders that literally contain thousands of messages:

?

My sent folder;? my all mail folder;? and a folder called important mail.

?

I’d like to clear out these folders to some degree, but am not quite sure how to go about it efficiently.

?

I would be happy to ?save sent e-mails from the last year or two.

?

I also wouldn’t mind paring my all mail and important mail folders back significantly, but am not sure what the difference is between all mail and important mail.

?

I do have Outlook Classic set to automatically delete e-mails from the server whenever I invoke the delete function and indicate that I’m sure of my deletion step.

?

Any help on this would be appreciated.

?

Thank you!

?

Tom Behler

?

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Just to be sure, as I am not, is Outlook permanently delete messages, the same as delete messages from the server?

I use gmail very little, so I honestly have no idea.

To me, in Outlook, simple delete puts a copy in the deleted or trash folder.

Permanently delete, doesn't leave a copy in the deleted or trash folder.

But, I have no idea what happens on the Gmail server.

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Takis:

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As I think I said before, I have Outlook Classic set to permanently delete all messages before exiting.

?

So, I think I’m ok in that regard.

?

My main question now is if I delete what g-mail considers to be important messages, will that affect anything in my sent file and all mail folders?

?

One would think not, but I don’t want to assume and be sorry later.

?

Tom Behler

?

?

?

Hi Tom/all,

In those cases, what I usually do is go into the folder, select all messages with cntrl-a for select all and pressthe delete key. In a few minutes the folder is empty. As for my daily routine messages I have made outlook classic ask me if I want to have them permanently deleted before exiting, and I answer yes.

??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Hope this helps,

??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Cheers,

??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Takis

?

?

Re-sending due to no initial response.

?

Tom Behler

?

?

Hello, everyone.

?

I don’t know if this will be considered off topic for this list, but I thought I’d try, since there are so many knowledgeable people out there.

?

If this is considered off topic, please reply to me personally at:

?

tombehler@...

?

I manage my personal g-mail account through Outlook Classic as part of my Microsoft 365 subscription.

?

I recently Got a notification from Google that my g-mail account space is 50% full.

?

I have three folders that literally contain thousands of messages:

?

My sent folder;? my all mail folder;? and a folder called important mail.

?

I’d like to clear out these folders to some degree, but am not quite sure how to go about it efficiently.

?

I would be happy to ?save sent e-mails from the last year or two.

?

I also wouldn’t mind paring my all mail and important mail folders back significantly, but am not sure what the difference is between all mail and important mail.

?

I do have Outlook Classic set to automatically delete e-mails from the server whenever I invoke the delete function and indicate that I’m sure of my deletion step.

?

Any help on this would be appreciated.

?

Thank you!

?

Tom Behler

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Jen via groups.io
Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2025 3:13 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [JFW-Users] Re-sending: Cleaning Out E-mail Folders

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