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were can I delete old message in bulk? | Forum

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Christer
Christer Nov 20 '15
I have big issue as I asked for help in anothere post but on my server its only one site, the mest busy one and we have a lot of message. I think maybe its to many and making problem with my site?Were can I delete this? I guess in DB but any area? I have no clue but i getting desprate as site keep go down and up a lot.
ross Team
ross Nov 20 '15
Do the search on the forum, please this topic has already been discussed. Keyword, would probably be conversation
Christer
Christer Nov 20 '15
Thanks Ross I did, search for word message no luck but wrod conversation worked better but Iam in panic as my site keep going down and every minuts is lost money,not sure this helps thanks
Abbey
Abbey Nov 22 '15
I doubt this is your issue, if your site keeps going down talk to your hosting, they can help pin point exactly where the issue is

Patricia Zorrilla Leader
Patricia Zorrilla Nov 22 '15

Go to http://www.onlineconversion.com/unix_time.htm

get a date in unix format, eg August 1, 2015

Sat, 01 Aug 2015 00:00:00 GMT  -=> 1438387200

Go to phpMyAdmin

Run these SQL:

DELETE FROM `ow_mailbox_message` WHERE `timeStamp` < 1438387200

DELETE FROM `ow_mailbox_conversation` WHERE `createStamp` < 1438387200

Go to FTP yousite.com/ow_userfiles/plugins/mailbox/attachments

Select and delete files previous at August 1, 2015

Sure it's not perfect but I have not found a better way to do it, it works.If someone finds a better way to say it, please.

The Forum post is edited by Patricia Zorrilla Nov 22 '15