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Old 01-26-2005, 10:05 AM   #1
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Question Pine or Mail - empty mailbox by command line

Does Pine or Mail have a command line argument that will empty (delete all unread or read messages) the mailbox?

I had been testing a cron job that sent an email on an error, which filled up my mailbox rather quickly.

Therefore, I am looking for an easy way to empty my mailbox.

Thank you!
 
Old 01-26-2005, 12:12 PM   #2
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Do.... man mail
scroll down to "deleteing mail"
 
Old 01-26-2005, 01:17 PM   #3
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There is no section entitled 'Deleting mail'.

I will rephrase my question, how can I delete all of my messages at once without having to select each one and marking them with 'd'?

Thank you!
 
Old 01-26-2005, 01:49 PM   #4
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d1-10 will delete messages 1 through 10

My bad...title was "disposeing of mail"
 
  


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