Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!mcvax!unido!iraun1!iravcl!fsinf
From: fsinf@iravcl.ira.uka.de
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: Dcl & mail questions
Message-ID: <106@iravcl.ira.uka.de>
Date: 2 May 88 16:35:18 GMT
References: <8805011318.AA25660@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
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Organisation: Universitaet Karlsruhe, IRA, F.R. Germany


In article <8805011318.AA25660@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, CS_4313_12@uta.EDU (HERBASA KHAN) writes:
> 2- Determine the number of old messages.
> 3- Extract and delete only the old messages leaving the new ones.
> 
> The problem is in determining how many old messges exist. Is there
> any way the program can determine this without it being entered by a user?

Don't count your messeges, just try
!------------------------------- cut here ------------------------
$ mail					! ** don't use empty lines within **
  select mail
  extract/all [<dir>]<file.name>
  delete/all				! delete the old messeges
  select newmail
  move/all/noconfirm mail		! save all the new one
  exit
$ <other commands>
$ exit
!------------------------------- cut here ------------------------

I hope this helps ...

Best regards, Elmar Schuetz
--
Some call me an expert - but I think I'm not.