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Title: Select ALL (not just one screen) ??
Post by: MisterEd on October 07, 2016, 06:33:24 pm
Is there a way to select ALL messages when there are a large number you wish to archive?

The SELECT ALL feature only selects one SCREEN of messages and not "ALL" messages.  I monitor 7 email accounts and selecting 1 screen (7-8 msgs at a time) is quite time consuming when you have 60-70 messages a day to deal with..
Title: Re: Select ALL (not just one screen) ??
Post by: StR on October 07, 2016, 06:56:57 pm
And the FAQ addresses exactly that: "'Select All' function selects only one screen full of emails, instead of all".
FAQ is conveniently available from the 3-dot menu (in the account-view) in Aquamail or directly in your web browser: http://www.aqua-mail.com/?page_id=227
Title: Re: Select ALL (not just one screen) ??
Post by: MisterEd on October 07, 2016, 07:26:56 pm
Thank you.  I full understand  (and acknowledged in my OP) how SELECT ALL works and that  was why I posted the message.  I was hoping there was another way to accomplish what I wanted to do.  Been using this app for many years and that was the one thing that drives me crazy. I guess "SELECT ALL" is really an incorrect description of the option.  Maybe "SELECT SOME" or "SELECT PAGE" is more apropos.  :D
Title: Re: Select ALL (not just one screen) ??
Post by: MisterEd on October 07, 2016, 07:58:32 pm
@Paris Geek

YOU ARE DA MAN!

Thank you x 100 !  :D :D
Title: Re: Select ALL (not just one screen) ??
Post by: StR on October 07, 2016, 08:27:04 pm
@Kostya

It makes sense to add what Paris Geek has described above to the corresponding entry in the FAQ, because this is a VFAQ (V=very).  ;)
Title: Re: Select ALL (not just one screen) ??
Post by: mikeone on October 08, 2016, 12:08:17 am
@Kostya

It makes sense to add what Paris Geek has described above to the corresponding entry in the FAQ, because this is a VFAQ (V=very).  ;)
Yes, VGS (very good suggestion)  8)
Title: Re: Select ALL (not just one screen) ??
Post by: Kostya Vasilyev on October 11, 2016, 12:54:17 am
It is there:

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'Select All' function selects only one screen full of emails, instead of all

“All” can mean different things to different people.

That is not a bug, it’s intentional, so that people do not delete all messages, thinking that they are deleting only those on the screen.

You can change the app’s logic here in Settings -> Message list -> ‘Select “All” means’.
Title: Re: Select ALL (not just one screen) ??
Post by: StR on October 11, 2016, 04:11:41 am
It is there:

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'Select All' function selects only one screen full of emails, instead of all

“All” can mean different things to different people.

That is not a bug, it’s intentional, so that people do not delete all messages, thinking that they are deleting only those on the screen.

You can change the app’s logic here in Settings -> Message list -> ‘Select “All” means’.

Yes, I know that this part is there. (I even remember who wrote that text that you copied to the FAQ  ;) )
I was talking about the additional suggestions that Paris Geek made, namely:

Another way to select all messages received in a day:
- enable messages grouped by date (in Message list settings)
- enable global selection by date (nearby)
Now when you have synced your messages, you just have to click on the date band to select all of them.
Title: Re: Select ALL (not just one screen) ??
Post by: Kostya Vasilyev on October 11, 2016, 10:26:13 pm
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- enable messages grouped by date (in Message list settings)
- enable global selection by date (nearby)

Yep, that's another way.