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From: lenny@icus.UUCP (Lenny Tropiano)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: expunging deleted mail
Message-ID: <295@icus.UUCP>
Date: 13 Mar 88 23:37:35 GMT
References: <299@m2.mfci.UUCP> <21422@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA>
Organization: ICUS Computer Group, Islip, NY
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Summary: You can use the '$' command

In article <21422@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA>, mkhaw@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA (Mike Khaw) writes:
> >     I frequently run elm all day in a single window and was wondering if
> > there was some way to 'expunge' those deleted mail entries other than
> > quiting out of elm and starting it up again.
> 
> "c"hange folders to the current folder; i.e., type "c" to change folders,
> and when it asks you for the name of the folder to change to, just hit the
> return key.  Note: elm will commit the deletions before prompting for the
> new folder's name.
> 

I would suggest using the '$' command for this function.  Mark the letters 
for deletion and then execute the '$' (resyncronization of the mailbox)
command.  This will prompt you for:

	Delete mail (y/n)? y
	Keep mail in mailbox (y/n)? y

Then it will resync the mailbox my rereading it in.  This is the intended
function (I think).

							-Lenny
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