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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    Re: Deleting messages?
From:       "Robert D. Williams" <rwilliams () jrc-utah ! com>
Date:       2000-02-18 3:16:23
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On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, John Aldrich wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Stefan Taferner wrote:
> > On Sat, 05 Feb 2000, George Staikos wrote:
> > > On Sat, 05 Feb 2000, Robert D. Williams wrote:
> > > > How do I get rid of messages in a folder?
> > > >
> > > > I go to a folder say, CVS, and delete every message by typing 'd'.  I
> > > > looked at Mail/CVS and they are all still there.  So I 'Compact All
> > > > Folders' and they are still there.  Am I doing this right?
> > > >
> > > > I really want to remove these messages, this file is over 1MB (well
> > > > it was, I deleted with 'rm CVS').
> > >
> > >   context menu on the folder name has an option to emtpy the mailbox.
> >
> > However, if he is right (what I assume), then the compacting of folders
> > is broken.
>
> It does appear to be broken in 1.0.28.
> 	John

Also with 1.1.35.   What is compact suppose to do?  Does it remove messages 
that have been deleted with 'd'?  If that is the case it does not work for 
me...

The remove context option is great, but I like to keep some messages.

-- 
Robert Williams    rwilliams@jrc-utah.com
Jarob Consulting   rwilliams@kde.org
Provo, Utah

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