1  DELETE
   Deletes either the message you are currently reading or the
   message you just read. Deleted messages are usually moved
   to a folder called WASTEBASKET; however, you can rename your
   WASTEBASKET folder by entering the SET WASTEBASKET_NAME command.

   If you enter the SET AUTO_PURGE command, your WASTEBASKET folder
   is emptied automatically when you exit from Mail or select a
   different Mail file. Otherwise, you must enter the PURGE command
   to empty your WASTEBASKET folder.

   To recover a message accidentally deleted (while it is still in
   the WASTEBASKET folder), select the WASTEBASKET folder, read the
   desired message, and enter the MOVE command to move it to another
   folder.

   Usually you delete only one mail message at a time, but you may
   also delete several mail messages at one time using one DELETE
   command. You may specify a range or a list of messages to be
   deleted.

   Format

     DELETE  [message-number][-message-number][,message-number]
 

2  Parameter
 

message-number

   Indicates the number of the message to be deleted. The message
   number represents the position of a message in a folder. If
   you specify a number greater than the number of messages in the
   folder, Mail deletes the last message in the folder.
 

2  Qualifier
 

/ALL

   Deletes all of the currently selected messages. Select messages
   by entering the SELECT command. See the SELECT command for more
   information.
 

2  Examples

   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.