Date: Mon, 2 Feb 1998 10:07:30 -0800 (PST) From: Thomas Dean <tomdean@ix.netcom.com> To: frankg@idfw.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Deleting Mail Messages Message-ID: <199802021807.KAA02138@ix.netcom.com> In-Reply-To: <01BD2FA0.F36B24C0@fast1> (message from Frank Griffith on Mon, 2 Feb 1998 06:08:14 -0600)
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How are you exiting mail? Look at 'man mail'. If you use 'exit', 'ex', or, 'x', your mailbox is not altered and the messages remain there. If you 'quit', or, 'q', the deleted messages are removed from your mailbox. Does this help?
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