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Old 01-30-2012
mailx- how to delete least of mails
Hi,


when i run the
Code:
  mailx

command it gives me the least of mails . suppose there are 1- 150 mails and i want to delete 30 to 145 mails . then what command i have to use here?

Thanks
# 2  
Old 01-30-2012
'd' command to delete mails, once you are inside mailx (mode) command.
else view 'mbox' file (using vi) in home directory and delete lines '145dd'.

PS: all mails are stored in 'mbox' file at /home/<user>/
mails usually gets deleted once you have read it....unless the SET KEEP option is set.
# 3  
Old 01-30-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by aish11
Hi,


when i run the
Code:
  mailx

command it gives me the least of mails . suppose there are 1- 150 mails and i want to delete 30 to 145 mails . then what command i have to use here?

Thanks
Code:
& d 30-145

# 4  
Old 01-30-2012
Hi ygemici,


i tried
Code:
 d 30-145

inside mailx command


but when i am entering the again 145 inside mailx command , i am able to see the mail.
# 5  
Old 01-30-2012
Changes in "mailx" are deferred until the end of the session. The messages were just marked "deleted". There is even an "undelete" while you are still in the session.
How you exit "mailx" matters. See the difference between "x" and "q".
# 6  
Old 01-30-2012
hi methyl,

i am not getting what you want to say here. can you please explain me in different way.

Thanks in advance
# 7  
Old 01-30-2012
During your mailx interactive session in your example the mail is not actually deleted until you leave the session. Even then it is only deleted if you leave the session with the "q" (quit) command not the "x" (exit) command.
However you should have had the error message "Inappropriate message" when trying to look at message 145 after deleting it.
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