Subject: Delete all

From: Yontaek Choi <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 1995 18:14:16 -0700 (MST)

I am trying to delete all the messages (more than 1,000) in a folder at a 
time.  I typed ";" for select, "a" for all, and "d" for delete.  But, 
instead of all messages, just one where the cursor is located is 
deleted.  What's wrong?  I cannot find any Config about this.

Yontaek

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From: Terry Gray <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 1995 17:39:19 -0800 (PST)

You are missing one "a" for the "apply" command, so you need:   ;aad

(In the absence of Apply, commands affect just the current msg.)

-teg

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From: Don Sugarman <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 1995 06:11:19 -0500 (EST)

On Mon, 4 Dec 1995, Yontaek Choi wrote:

> time.  I typed   
1) ";" for select, 
2) "a" for all, 
3) "a" for apply to selected messages    <---- You left out this step.
4) and "d" for delete.  

Don Sugarman
[email-masked]

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From: [email-masked] (Ray Marshall)
Date: 5 Dec 1995 21:01:07 GMT

When I have a task like this (deleting all of MANY messages in a given
folder), I just go to the shell prompt and rm the folder.  I then touch
the folder to get a new EMPTY file.  (Be sure to check the protection
settings (ls -l), and set the new file as necessary (chmod).

/  Ray