Can't delete 2 emails

salmar · salmar #1 (**permalink**)

03-06-2008, 04:23 PM

I am so new to the Mac so bear with me on this problem. I received two emails from another iMac user with a zipped file for the program idefrag. Well anyway I was unable to install that app and so I deleted the files with appzapper. Okay no problem there, but when I try to delete those two emails that he sent with those files I am unable to. When I open those two emails they are now blank and I can't delete them. I tried dragging them to trash, no joy, tried putting them into drafts, won't go in there either. However when I try to drag those 2 emails to the desktop they won't go onto the desktop but I get a pop up message that says: ERROR "could not save to path~/desktop, please choose a different path". Any idea how to get rid of those two emails permannetly? I can delete other emails with no problem. I just don't see a solution for this that would be easy for me. Thanks for a reply.
20" alum iMac 2.4

aarnclayt · aarnclayt #2 (**permalink**)

03-06-2008, 05:01 PM

are you using Mail.app?

Sherman Homan · Sherman Homan #3 (**permalink**)

03-06-2008, 05:07 PM

Try going into your account through web mail and deleting it there.
Also, you really should look into what iDefrag and AppZap do before running them! It is probably a good thing that iDefrag didn't install...

salmar · salmar #4 (**permalink**)

03-06-2008, 06:17 PM

Thanks for the replies. I'm using the regular apple mail. I went into webmail and deleted everything in there although the two suspect emails were not listed in there. I knew this wasn't going to be easy.

xstep · xstep #5 (**permalink**)

03-07-2008, 12:27 AM

I would have first tried using the Rebuild item under the Mailbox menu.

aarnclayt · aarnclayt #6 (**permalink**)

03-09-2008, 01:01 PM

what webmail are you using? gmail? .Mac?

and are you using pop3 or IMAP?

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salmar #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 13, 2008 Posts: 109 Mac Specs: 20" alum iMac 2.4 3 gigs ram	03-06-2008, 04:23 PM I am so new to the Mac so bear with me on this problem. I received two emails from another iMac user with a zipped file for the program idefrag. Well anyway I was unable to install that app and so I deleted the files with appzapper. Okay no problem there, but when I try to delete those two emails that he sent with those files I am unable to. When I open those two emails they are now blank and I can't delete them. I tried dragging them to trash, no joy, tried putting them into drafts, won't go in there either. However when I try to drag those 2 emails to the desktop they won't go onto the desktop but I get a pop up message that says: ERROR "could not save to path~/desktop, please choose a different path". Any idea how to get rid of those two emails permannetly? I can delete other emails with no problem. I just don't see a solution for this that would be easy for me. Thanks for a reply. 20" alum iMac 2.4
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aarnclayt #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 05, 2007 Posts: 88 Mac Specs: MacBook 1.83 GHz intel c2d, 2gb ram, xp and os x.6	03-06-2008, 05:01 PM are you using Mail.app?
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salmar #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 13, 2008 Posts: 109 Mac Specs: 20" alum iMac 2.4 3 gigs ram	03-06-2008, 06:17 PM Thanks for the replies. I'm using the regular apple mail. I went into webmail and deleted everything in there although the two suspect emails were not listed in there. I knew this wasn't going to be easy.
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xstep #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 25, 2005 Location: On the road Posts: 3,231 Mac Specs: 2011 MBP, i7, 16GB RAM, MBP 2.16Ghz Core Duo, 2GB ram, Dual 867Mhz MDD, 1.75GB ram, ATI 9800 Pro vid	03-07-2008, 12:27 AM I would have first tried using the Rebuild item under the Mailbox menu.
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aarnclayt #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 05, 2007 Posts: 88 Mac Specs: MacBook 1.83 GHz intel c2d, 2gb ram, xp and os x.6	03-09-2008, 01:01 PM what webmail are you using? gmail? .Mac? and are you using pop3 or IMAP?
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