Deleting all messages of a collapsed thread in thunderbird
John Burton
j.c.burton at gats-inc.com
Wed Jun 18 17:04:52 UTC 2008
rlengland at verizon.net wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 9:25 AM, joachim.backes at rhrk.uni-kl.de wrote:
>
>> Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>>> On Wed, 2008-06-18 at 15:21 +0200, joachim.backes at rhrk.uni-kl.de wrote:
>>>> Hi, I'm running F9 with thunderbird-2.0.0.14-1.fc9.i386 and have
>>>> the following question:
>>>>
>>>> Is it possible to delete all messages of a thread, which is
>>>> collapsed, without opening the thread?
>>>
>>> Try this: close the preview pane and drag the thread to the Trash.
>>> Note:
>>> this is just speculation as I haven't tried it.
>>
>> Hi Patrick,
>>
>> I'm sorry, but does not help: Only the uppermost (the thread leader
>> message) will be moved to the trash.
>>
>> JB
>>
>>>
>>> poc
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Joachim Backes <joachim.backes at rhrk.uni-kl.de>
>>
>>
>
> This is a little bit of a workaround but it works for me.
>
> If you install the extension called Buttons
> <http://www.chuonthis.com/extensions/buttons.php> in Thunderbird, one
> of the new buttons you can place on the tool bar will delete an entire
> thread.
>
> I hit F8 in Thunderbird to remove the display or preview pane (leaves
> only the list of email by subject line) highlight any one of the
> email items in a thread, and the whole thread is removed.
Another way to do it is simply click on the "Threads" icon for a thread
of messages. This will "select" the entire thread. Once selected, then
simply click on the delete icon...
John
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