From: CSBVAX::MRGATE!INFO-VAX-RELAY@KL.SRI.COM@SMTP 8-JUL-1988 13:42 To: ARISIA::EVERHART Subj: Re: Dcl & mail questions Received: from ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU by KL.SRI.COM with TCP; Thu 5 May 88 17:37:30-PDT Received: by ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (5.59/1.28) id AA20826; Tue, 3 May 88 17:46:52 PDT Received: from USENET by ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU with netnews for info-vax@kl.sri.com (info-vax@kl.sri.com) (contact usenet@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU if you have questions) Date: 2 May 88 16:35:18 GMT From: mcvax!unido!iraun1!iravcl!fsinf@uunet.uu.net Subject: Re: Dcl & mail questions Message-Id: <106@iravcl.ira.uka.de> References: <8805011318.AA25660@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Sender: info-vax-request@kl.sri.com To: info-vax@kl.sri.com 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 [] delete/all ! delete the old messeges select newmail move/all/noconfirm mail ! save all the new one exit $ $ exit !------------------------------- cut here ------------------------ I hope this helps ... Best regards, Elmar Schuetz -- Some call me an expert - but I think I'm not. -------