mutt delete all mails

noir911 · 09-13-2006, 04:18 AM

I have got a lot of mails in different mailboxes that I want to delete altogether. Is there any way to select all the mails and delete them in one hit?

bdb4269 · 12-19-2007, 05:52 PM

I know this was dead -- but I figured, since I just found the answer, and this un-answered thread at the same time (I had the same question and used google), I might as well go ahead and answer it, in case anyone else is ever looking for the answer here.

In the main view press "D" (Shift + d)
At the bottom it asks "Delete messages matching:"

Enter the following and press enter.

Code:

~s .*

All messages will be marked for deletion. Now just press "q" to quit and "y" to confirm you want to delete all those messages.

(The ~s makes it search the subject for the given expression and of course ".*" is a global regex wild card.

See this page for more details. http://www.mutt.org/doc/manual/manual-4.html)

amlife · 01-11-2010, 01:58 PM

Quote:

~s .*

If no one thanked you for your answer, I would

tsuchan1 · 05-15-2010, 02:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bdb4269

I know this was dead -- but I figured, since I just found the answer, and this un-answered thread at the same time (I had the same question and used google), I might as well go ahead and answer it, in case anyone else is ever looking for the answer here.

Thanks for figuring that... it's been *very* useful to me several times.