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.

davemidd · 03-30-2016, 05:38 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.

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.

Just found this via Google. Thanks.

wrmosca · 03-30-2016, 11:54 AM

You can also use a date range if you use ~d dd/mm/yyyy-dd/mm/yyyy