[FEATURE] Select and delete all matching emails across all pages

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4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
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52/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
rust
Domain
full-stack

Research direction

Start by tracing the archived email list’s current-page “Select all” behavior, then follow how account, folder, and search filters reach deletion and its confirmation. Implement selection across all matching results while preserving those filters and keeping source-provider deletion separate. Done means the confirmation shows the total and the full matching selection can be deleted across pages.

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Description

enhancement
Description

Please add an option to select and delete all matching archived emails across all pages.

Currently, “Select all” only selects the emails displayed on the current page. There is no option to extend the selection to all results.

Suggested behavior:

  1. Select all emails on the current page.
  2. Display an option such as “Select all N emails matching this view.”
  3. Allow deletion of the entire selection.
  4. Show a confirmation stating the total number of emails to be deleted.

The selection should respect the current account, folder, and search filters.

Purpose / Use Case

Cleaning up a large archive currently requires selecting and deleting emails page by page. This is repetitive and time-consuming when there are thousands of messages.

Selecting all matching results would make bulk deletion much easier.

Additional Information

Bichon version: 2.32.

This request concerns deleting archived emails within Bichon. Any deletion from the source email provider should remain a separate, explicit action.

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