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- DELETE
-
- Deletes either the message you are currently reading or the message you
- just read and moves it to the WASTEBASKET folder. You may also delete
- several messages by using a range or list of messages.
-
- When you enter the EXIT or PURGE commands, your WASTEBASKET folder
- empties automatically.
-
- See also <EXIT>
- <PURGE>
-
- To recover a message accidentally deleted (while it is still in the
- WASTEBASKET folder), SELECT the WASTEBASKET folder, READ the desired
- message, and MOVE it to another folder.
-
- Format: DELETE [message-list]
-
-
- Parameters: message-list
-
- Deletes the message(s) specified by a number. You can specify
- only one number, a list of numbers, or a range of numbers.
-
- Qualifiers: /ALL
-
-
- Deletes all the currently selected messages. Select a
- folder by entering the SELECT command followed by the name of
- the folder. (See the <SELECT> command for more information.)
-
- Examples:
-
- 1. MAIL> DIRECTORY
-
- MAIL
-
- # From Date Subject
-
- 1 MOON 11-APR-1988 Asteroids
- .
- .
- .
- 5 MARK 11-APR-1988 The Yen
- 6 MARK 11-APR-1988 The Buck
-
- MAIL> 5
- MAIL> DELETE
- MAIL> 6
- MAIL> DELETE
- MAIL> DIRECTORY
-
- MAIL
- # From Date Subject
-
- 1 MOON 11-APR-1988 Asteroids
- .
- .
- .
- 5 (Deleted)
- 6 (Deleted)
-
- This example shows how to delete messages 5 and 6 from
- the MAIL folder. Enter the DIRECTORY command to show that
- these messages are deleted.
-
- 1. MAIL> DELETE 1,3,5-7,9:11
-
- This example shows how to delete a list and range
- of numbers by using the hyphen and colon.
- Messages 1,3,5,6,7,9,10 and 11 are deleted.