Library /sys$common/syshlp/mailhelp.hlb DELETE, Examples  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

    1.MAIL> DIRECTORY

                                                        MAIL
      #   From    Date             Subject

      1   MOON    11-DEC-1994      Asteroids

         .
         .
         .

      5   MARK    11-DEC-1994      The Yen
      6   MARK    11-DEC-1994      The Buck

      MAIL> 5
      MAIL> DELETE
      MAIL> 6
      MAIL> DELETE
      MAIL> DIRECTORY
                                                        MAIL
      # From      Date             Subject

      1 MOON      11-DEC-1994      Asteroids
         .
         .
         .
      5 (Deleted)
      6 (Deleted)

      This example shows how to delete messages 5 and 6 from the MAIL
      folder after reading them.

    2.MAIL> DELETE 1,3,5-7,9:11
      MAIL>

      This example shows how to delete mail messages 1, 3, 5, 6, 7,
      9, 10, and 11. The hyphen and colon are used to designate a
      range of numbers.

    3.MAIL> DELETE 24

      MAIL>

      This example shows how to delete message number 24 by entering
      the number of the message after the DELETE command.