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Question

DELETING EMAILS

Oct 5, 2011 8:28AM PDT

I have received several emails and I can not delete them. How can I get rid of them? Some are from friends in my contact list.

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What happens when you try?
Oct 5, 2011 8:30AM PDT

Any error messages?

Mark

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Deleting emails
Oct 5, 2011 10:42AM PDT

If I just try to delete the unopened email, I get a message saying "an error has occurred" If I try to open the email. I get a message saying that" there was a problem, please try again". I try again,and still it won't open. Then if I try to delete it, I can. Strange??????

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What email client?
Oct 5, 2011 10:39AM PDT

Outlook Express, MS Outlook, Thunderbird, web based? After you answer this, tell us exactly what you do and exactly what happens.