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I have a backup email address on my Mac Os X Server that catches all emails sent to my company. There are now over 100.000 emails in the mailbox. I would like to delete all emails but the mail application crashes because it's too much.
I found the mail on the server in the finder and deleted them there, but I still see the mails in my mail application. They are shown as a little transparent. I tried deleting them from the mail application as well, but they reappear every time. It's driving me crazy!
How can I delete all emails permanently so they don't reappear?
Time To Learn
Posted 2014-02-04T11:27:10.090
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Use Google Mail and have it check this catch all address, have it download the emails off the server, thus removing it from the server. It will take a couple days. Create a filter that places all email in the Trash. – Ramhound – 2014-02-04T11:50:36.993
Can you give some more details. I'm using the mail application on a physical server and the mail account is a pop3 account from my web hosting. Your Google Mail solution seems a bit devious, no? – Time To Learn – 2014-02-04T13:25:08.473
You simply should configure Google to check the pop3 account. This process is documented on Google's website. – Ramhound – 2014-02-04T13:58:39.447
Hi Ramhound, can you send me the link to this documentation? I'm not sure what to look for. Thanks! – Time To Learn – 2014-02-05T09:02:08.227
You want to configure Google Mail to check a POP3 email account. I don't have the documentation handy. If you need help dealing with Google Mail or any of the browser based email services here would be the best place for that question
– Ramhound – 2014-02-05T12:16:43.643