[X-Unix] mail -- removing messages

[Craig Hoffman]

thanks - Craig
On Aug 12, 2004, at 4:55 PM, Ed Rosack wrote:

>
> On Aug 12, 2004, at 1:49 PM, Craig Hoffman wrote:
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>> Hey Folks,
>> I open up the terminal and I get a message "You have mail".  Ok, 
>> great.  I type "mail"
>> and the new messages show up.  The messages are from a search engine 
>> app I use.  There nothing important and I would like to delete them.  
>>  I typed "?" for help and it said the use the "d" flag.  I am doing 
>> something wrong because they are not being deleted. Can someone show 
>> me the proper syntax on how to delete them?
>>
> At the mail prompt, just type "d 1" to delete message 1, "d 1-5" to 
> delete messages 1 through 5, etc.  Then quit mail by entering "q" .
>
> Don't enter the quotes around the commands.
> Ed
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