Email folders too large and can't delete content
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20-09-2018 9:26 AM
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One of my email boxes (for my daughter) has got too large (700Mb) and I can't clean it up via webmail as the server just times out. 'Empty folder' commands don't work for the same reason. I even deleted the mailbox and recreated it and the content was still there. I don't want to change the address - any suggestions? Thanks.
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20-09-2018 1:12 PM
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Re: Email folders too large and can't delete content
20-09-2018 7:12 PM
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Thanks, I'll try that
Re: Email folders too large and can't delete content
20-09-2018 7:46 PM
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Hope this works for you.
It might be worth mentioning that even using a client, doing deletions in small batches (say 50) can help, and give it time to finish the housekeeping before submitting another batch. If "deleted" files are copied to the Deleted/Trash folder, emptying that is desirable when it contains around 250 messages. Also compact the Inbox to remove the wasted space where "deleted" messages will still reside (with their "deleted" flag set).
Re: Email folders too large and can't delete content
20-09-2018 8:25 PM
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Another tip that may help is to sort on file size and delete those with large attachments early in the process - remembering to clear the 'deleted items' folder and doing a compact as @spraxyt suggests
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Re: Email folders too large and can't delete content
21-09-2018 1:21 PM
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Sorry to hear you're having problems deleting mail via webmail.
I'd agree with @spraxyt, setting up the mailbox on a client using IMAP as the server may be easier to delete the mail.
Let us know how it goes.
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