OT: Thunderbird email removal

[Franz Waldmüller]

Hi Karl,

>     First select the mail you want to delete. You do this by selecting 
> the oldest email, and then go to the newest you want to delete and first 
> hold the Shift key which darkens all the email you want to delete. Now 
> just click on Delete and watch. It takes a little time but in the lower 
> left corner it tells you it is sending email to the trash directory. You 
> can look at the Trash and it will show the files you sent there.
> 
If you want to free up the space on your hard disk as well you have to 
compact the mail folder:
-> File -> Compact all folders.
Otherwise the emails are just marked as deleted.
Take a look at the link below for more information
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Thunderbird_:_Tips_:_Compacting_Folders

Franz