10/20/83 read_mail request: delete, dl, d Syntax: dl {message_specifiers} {-selection_args} {-control_args} Function: marks the specified messages for deletion from the mailbox on exit from read_mail. Arguments: message_specifiers identifies which messages are to be deleted. If no message_specifiers and selection_args are specified, the current message is deleted. For more information on message specifiers, type: help message_specifiers.gi Control arguments: -force, -fc deletes unprocessed messages without querying for permission and ignores messages which can not be deleted due to insufficient access. -no_force, -nfc queries the user for permission to delete any unprocessed messages and does not delete any message if either the user answers "no" to a query or the user lacks sufficient access to delete one or more of the specified messages. List of message selection control arguments: The following control arguments are used to further refine the list of messages to be deleted. For more detailed information, type: help selection_control_args.gi -case_sensitive, -cs causes subject selections and qedx regular expression searches for author and recipient selections to be case sensitive. (Default) -non_case_sensitive, -ncs causes subject selections and qedx regular expression searches for author and recipient selections to be case insensitive. -subject STR, -subject /STR/, -sj STR, -sj /STR/ selects any messages whose Subject field contains STR. -in_reply_to STR, -in_reply_to /STR/, -irt STR, -irt /STR/ selects any messages whose In-Reply-To field contains STR. -between DT1 DT2, -bt DT1 DT2 selects any messages which were created between the dates DT1 and DT2 inclusively. -after DT, -af DT selects any messages which were created on or after the date specified by DT. -before DT, -be DT selects any messages which were created before the date specified by DT. -date DT, -dt DT selects any messages which were created on the date specified by DT. -between_time DT1 DT2, -btt DT1 DT2 selects any messages which were created between the date/times specified by DT1 and DT2 inclusively. -before_time DT, -bet DT selects any messages which were created before the date/time specified by DT. -after_time DT, -aft DT selects any messages which were created after the date/time specified by DT. -from address, -from /STR/, -fm address, -fm /STR/ selects any messages whose From field either contains the specified address or matches the given qedx regular expression. -reply_to address, -reply_to /STR/, -rpt address, -rpt /STR/ selects any messages whose Reply-To field either contains the specified address or matches the given qedx regular expression. -recipient address, -recipient /STR/, -rcp address, -rcp /STR/ selects any messages whose To, cc, bcc, or Redistributed-To fields either contains the specified address or matches the given qedx regular expression. -to address, -to /STR/ selects any messages whose To field either contains the specified address or matches the given regular expression. -cc address, -cc /STR/ selects any messages whose cc field either contains the specified address or matches the given qedx regular expression. -bcc address, -bcc /STR/ selects any messages whose bcc field either contains the specified address or matches the given qedx regular expression. -forwarded_to address, -forwarded_to /STR/, -fwdt address, -fwdt /STR/ selects any messages whose Redistributed-To field either contains the specified address or matches the given qedx regular expression. Notes: Messages which are marked for deletion by this request may be unmarked by the retrieve request before exiting read_mail. This request will acknowledge any messages requiring acknowledgement unless -no_acknowledge is specified on the read_mail command line. An unprocessed message is a message which has not been the subject of any of the following requests: print, print_header, list, forward, reply, log, save, write, copy, append, preface, apply ----------------------------------------------------------- Historical Background This edition of the Multics software materials and documentation is provided and donated to Massachusetts Institute of Technology by Group BULL including BULL HN Information Systems Inc. as a contribution to computer science knowledge. 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