Subsections

• Undeleting Messages (u)

     
Deleting Mail Messages (d)

The mail you receive and read is held by the UNIX system in mail. As long as your mail stays in the Mail program, it will appear in the mail list. You can put mail you receive into your mailbox, which is in your home directory; see section 10.5 Saving Messages on page . To save system disk space, it is a good idea to delete mail messages you no longer need. As soon as you have read a message, you can delete it by using the delete (d) command. For example, entering

d 1

at the & prompt in the Mail system will prevent Mail from saving message 1. Your deletions will take effect when you quit mail (q).

     
Undeleting Messages (u)

If you delete a message and suddenly realize you didn't want to delete that message, you can undelete it, which will restore the message. However, you can use undelete only before you leave the current Mail session. Once you leave Mail, you cannot retrieve any messages you have deleted. For example, to undelete message 1, enter:

u 1

at the & prompt.

HINT: To see a listing of your mail while you are in the Mail System, enter h (for headers) at the & prompt.