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Old 07-04-2009   #10 (permalink)
Gary VanderMolen


 
 

Re: Deleting mail from one computer but keeping it on a new one.

Sorry, I don't know anything about Windows Messenger.
You would have to ask in a Messenger forum where those particular
experts reside.

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Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"Evelyn" <begone@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:uZkSQPK$JHA.3612@xxxxxx
Quote:

> Gary,
>
> What about my windows messenger contacts on my old computer?
>
> I have safely got them all on my new computer but still have them on my old
> one. How do I delete all these from my old one? Is it the same way as the
> accounts?
>
> Evelyn
>
>
>
> "t-4-2" <dhuang1@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:OLMKS1A$JHA.1488@xxxxxx
Quote:

>> I apologize. Somehow I did not see your last reply until now.
>> Anyway, Gary has already answered your question.
>> Remove that account from your old computer.
>> t-4-2
>>
>> "Evelyn" <begone@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:umlmX5z#JHA.5092@xxxxxx
Quote:

>>>
>>>
>>> "Evelyn" <begone@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:...
>>>> Thanks for your reply t-4-2,
>>>>
>>>> I am rather new at this so bear with me.
>>>>
>>>> I have just two questions:
>>>>
>>>> If I delete all 3 accounts on my old computer, does it delete all 3 on
>>>> the new one as well and from the server completely?
>>>>
>>>> If that is the way to do it, can you tell me how I delete all 3 accounts
>>>> on the old computer please.
>>>>
>>>> Evelyn
>>>>
>>>> "t-4-2" <dhuang1@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>> news:O1grzly#JHA.4692@xxxxxx
>>>>> I must have missed something. Wouldn't it be easier if you removed the
>>>>> e-mail account from your old computer, instead of dealing with messages
>>>>> ? Once account was removed, messages went with it.
>>>>> t-4-2
>>>>>
>>>>> "Evelyn" <begone@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>>> news:Ouu1iBy#JHA.4560@xxxxxx
>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have just bought a new computer and transferred all my email
>>>>>> accounts (3 accounts in total) and all the e-mail messages in each 3
>>>>>> over to my new computer.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I should mention that one of the accounts is an Imap account.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What I am trying to do is delete all the e-mail messages in each
>>>>>> account on my old computer so that it is completely clean so I can
>>>>>> then give it to my daughter without any of my messages on there.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The first time I deleted all of the emails on my old computer, it also
>>>>>> deleted all of them on my new computer as well.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How can I keep all of my emails that were transferred to my new
>>>>>> computer and delete all of them on my old one without affecting my new
>>>>>> computer?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is it a question of deleting each actual account in my old one
>>>>>> completely? Or by doing this, will I subsequently delete all of the
>>>>>> accounts on the new one as well?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can anybody tell me the right way to do this? Basically, I want to
>>>>>> keep all of my emails of my new computer but not the old.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Evelyn
>>>>>
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