[Info-vax] REPLY/ALL in VMS Mail client ?

John Vottero john at vottero.com
Thu Dec 16 22:23:33 EST 2021


On Thursday, December 16, 2021 at 9:03:04 AM UTC-5, VAXman- wrote:
> In article <d638bba5-ab2e-439b... at googlegroups.com>, John Vottero <jo... at vottero.com> writes: 
> >On Tuesday, December 14, 2021 at 7:46:32 AM UTC-5, VAXman- wrote: 
> >> In article <sp9al1$1jf0$2... at gioia.aioe.org>, hel... at asclothestro.multivax.de (Phillip Helbig (undress to reply)) writes: 
> >> >In article <sp8j89$cti$1... at dont-email.me>, 
> >> >=?UTF-8?Q?Jan-Erik_S=c3=b6derholm?= <jan-erik.... at telia.com> 
> >> >writes: 
> >> > 
> >> >> Hm... I was also just going to "reply" to that. 
> >> >> Why on earth does *VMS* mail need any updates? 
> >> >> Does anyone use VMS mail to anything *at all* today? 
> >> >> The ony use, as I see it, is to sent messages *from* 
> >> >> a VMS system. 
> >> > 
> >> >????? 
> >> > 
> >> >I have been using VMS MAIL for everything since 1991. I send a few and 
> >> >receive dozens of messages per day. I run a moderation relay for two 
> >> >newsgroups. 
> >> > 
> >> >I have used, at work, pine, elm, Lotus Notes, Outlook and so on and am 
> >> >MUCH more comfortable with VMS MAIL. 
> >> > 
> >> >Different strokes for different folks. 
> >> > 
> >> >Of course, you need a proper keyboard to really experience the thrill. 
> >> >:-) 
> >> I too do most of my email on VMS. When emails are HTML or base64 encoded, 
> >> I read them on my Mac or Linux. The crux of what I get these days is SPAM. 
> >> It's easier to delete a large volume of email on VMS than it is on most of 
> >> the GUI mail toys. The worst is the Gmail on my Android tablet. I almost 
> >> never use the Gmail and it receives pretty much nothing but SPAM. DELETE, 
> >> DELETE, DELETE ad infinitum. If only it had a DELETE/ALL. 
> >> 
> > 
> >Click the checkbox in the column headings. That will check all e-mails. Then you can click delete.
> Have you ever used Gmail on an Android tablet? There's no column checkbox!
> >There's also a pulldown in the checkbox column heading which lets you select various sets of e-mails.
> No checkbox column.
> >It's not as good as a CLI could be but, it's better than nothing.
> If it existed, it might be.
> -- 
> VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)ORG 
> 
> I speak to machines with the voice of humanity.

Sorry, you're using the GMail app. I was talking about the browser client.

In the GMail app, click the "hamburger" icon in the top, left and then pick "All Mail". Then click Delete.



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