Deleting all messages of a collapsed thread in thunderbird

[John Burton]

rlengland at verizon.net wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at  9:25 AM, joachim.backes at rhrk.uni-kl.de wrote:
>
>> Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>>> On Wed, 2008-06-18 at 15:21 +0200, joachim.backes at rhrk.uni-kl.de wrote:
>>>> Hi, I'm running F9 with thunderbird-2.0.0.14-1.fc9.i386 and have 
>>>> the following question:
>>>>
>>>> Is it possible to delete all messages of a thread, which is 
>>>> collapsed, without opening the thread?
>>>
>>> Try this: close the preview pane and drag the thread to the Trash. 
>>> Note:
>>> this is just speculation as I haven't tried it.
>>
>> Hi Patrick,
>>
>> I'm sorry, but does not help: Only the uppermost (the thread leader 
>> message) will be moved to the trash.
>>
>> JB
>>
>>>
>>> poc
>>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Joachim Backes <joachim.backes at rhrk.uni-kl.de>
>>
>>
>
> This is a little bit of a workaround but it works for me.
>
> If you install the extension called Buttons 
> <http://www.chuonthis.com/extensions/buttons.php> in Thunderbird, one 
> of the new buttons you can place on the tool bar will delete an entire 
> thread.
>
> I hit F8 in Thunderbird to remove the display or preview pane (leaves 
> only the list of email by subject line)  highlight  any one of the 
> email items in a thread, and the whole thread is removed.
Another way to do it is simply click on the "Threads" icon for a thread 
of messages. This will "select" the entire thread. Once selected, then 
simply click on the delete icon...

John