Date: Mon, 02 Feb 1998 12:15:00 +0000 From: Karl Pielorz <kpielorz@tdx.co.uk> To: Frank Griffith <frankg@idfw.com> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Deleting Mail Messages Message-ID: <34D5B8C4.75225930@tdx.co.uk> References: <01BD2FA0.F36B24C0@fast1>
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How are you quitting the mail program? Using 'q' to quit will process the mail spool (and the messages will really be deleted), using 'x' to quit will just drop you out of the mail program - and they won't be deleted... See 'man mail' for more details... Regards, Kp Frank Griffith wrote: > > I have FreeBSD 2.2.5 running on my system. Each morning > when I check it, I have mail waiting for me from the daily runs. > So I type mail <enter> and see that I have some mail. > > When the first mail message is displayed and I see the > & prompt, I type d <enter> to delete the message. Only > thing is when I run the mail program again, the same messages > which I just deleted are still there. What gives?
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