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- From: j_manning@csc32.enet.dec.com (John Manning)
- Subject: Re: VMS MAIL - Why Does DELETE/ALL Delete the Folder Too?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug13.134306.27543@nntpd2.cxo.dec.com>
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- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
- References: <1992Aug13.135132.1@lib.haifa.ac.il>
- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 14:40:41 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug13.135132.1@lib.haifa.ac.il>, jody@lib.haifa.ac.il (Yosef Branse) writes...
- >I use VMS MAIL on a VAX 6320.
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- >I organize my incoming mail into folders. Every so often I do some
- >housecleaning, in the course of which I use the command
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- > DELETE/ALL
- >
- >to erase the current contents of specific folders.
- >This operation also deletes the FOLDER, even though I'd like to retain it
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- The DELETE/ALL command doesn't really delete the folder. It is just a property
- of VMS Mail that an empty folder cannot exist. Folders only exist as long
- as they contain messages. Delete all the messages and the folder goes away.
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- | John Manning | Opinions expressed are my own. |
- | j_manning@csc32.enet.dec.com | I do not represent Digital Equip. |
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