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How can I easily delete 150,000 emails from Inbox?

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By a series of blunders and misunderstandings when I attempted to change email sources, I caused Gmail to attempt to send 350,000 emails to my inbox. T-Bird choked and died horribly. With the help of Gmail support, I managed to shut off the flow, but it left 150,000 or so unread emails in my inbox (about 17.3 Gb space).

I can now get T-Bird to limp along, but it is still borked by the number of emails. I won't live long enough to delete those emails 50 at a time as the program allows. I have 10 years of stuff I want in local folders, so I can't just uninstall and start over. I would love any advice about how to get my foot out of this bucket.

UPDATE: Problem solved. When I reconnected with Gmail after purging it of the huge number of moldy emails, T-Bird swallowed hard, paused terribly long, then dutifully deleted the mass. Good Boy, T-Bird, here's a biscuit.

By a series of blunders and misunderstandings when I attempted to change email sources, I caused Gmail to attempt to send 350,000 emails to my inbox. T-Bird choked and died horribly. With the help of Gmail support, I managed to shut off the flow, but it left 150,000 or so unread emails in my inbox (about 17.3 Gb space). I can now get T-Bird to limp along, but it is still borked by the number of emails. I won't live long enough to delete those emails 50 at a time as the program allows. I have 10 years of stuff I want in local folders, so I can't just uninstall and start over. I would love any advice about how to get my foot out of this bucket. UPDATE: Problem solved. When I reconnected with Gmail after purging it of the huge number of moldy emails, T-Bird swallowed hard, paused terribly long, then dutifully deleted the mass. Good Boy, T-Bird, here's a biscuit.

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