# Blackberry Maintenance

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackberry-maintenance/593251>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 18, 2011, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackberry-maintenance/593251 "2011-08-18T23:51:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackberry-maintenance/593251/1 "2011-08-18T23:51:17Z")

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I recently got a corporate Blackberry, and I guess when it “synch’d” with my inbox, it downloaded my entire Inbox…or a good chunk. But, I only need the most recent - say the last month. Is there a quick way to delete emails from my Blackberry? Deleting one by one will take forever! If I connect my Blackberry to my laptop by USB, will the laptop let me manipulate the Blackberry like a thumb drive? Or, will the Blackberry try to “synch” up again with my Inbox? (What if I have Outlook closed when connecting the Blackberry to the laptop?)

Also, is there a setting to hear a tone and/or vibration when an email comes in?

All suggestions welcome!