01-13-2009, 04:29 AM
i am on Tiger with Mail 2.1.3 and this problem has been vexing me for years. how the heck do you permanently, selectively delete/erase messages in the Trash?
i prefer to keep messages in the trash for at least 6 months back. this protocol has saved my butt more than once. the prefs in mail are set to Never for permanently erasing because the only other options, one week/one month are too short a time frame for me. yet, i can seem to get rid of the emails once i attempt housecleaning. i have two email accounts so each has a trash folder plus the On My Mac folder. In one email account, I'll select a bunch of emails, delete them and they'll seem to be gone. But if i check in the On My Mac folder - there they still are. And when I go back to the trash of that account's folder, they are back again.
i want to permanently erase emails older than 6 months like you can get rid of the junk mail. HELP! there is probably a really simple solution to this but i just can't see it. and yes, i looked in help.
i prefer to keep messages in the trash for at least 6 months back. this protocol has saved my butt more than once. the prefs in mail are set to Never for permanently erasing because the only other options, one week/one month are too short a time frame for me. yet, i can seem to get rid of the emails once i attempt housecleaning. i have two email accounts so each has a trash folder plus the On My Mac folder. In one email account, I'll select a bunch of emails, delete them and they'll seem to be gone. But if i check in the On My Mac folder - there they still are. And when I go back to the trash of that account's folder, they are back again.
i want to permanently erase emails older than 6 months like you can get rid of the junk mail. HELP! there is probably a really simple solution to this but i just can't see it. and yes, i looked in help.