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Getting started with Pine

Deleting a message

You keep your Pine folders clean by routinely deleting messages you do not want. There are two steps to deleting a message: marking it for deletion and then expunging it.

To mark a message for deletion:

  1. Select and open the folder that contains the message you wish to mark for deletion. If you are a Pine beginner, this message is probably in your INBOX folder. If the message you want to mark for deletion is in a folder other than your INBOX, see ``Moving between folders''.

  2. At the Folder Index screen, select the message you want to mark for deletion, or simply view the message.

  3. Press D (Delete).
If you are looking at the Folder Index screen when you mark a message for deletion, a ``D'' appears in the left column of the message line, and the next message, if there is one, is selected.

If you are looking at the Message Text screen when you mark a message for deletion, a ``DEL'' briefly appears in the upper right corner of your screen, you get an on-screen message that the message has been deleted, and the next message, if there is one, appears.

Repeat this process to mark additional messages for deletion.


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