On Mon, Oct 04, 1999 at 12:30:21AM -0500, Jeremy Blosser thus spoke:
> ashley [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> > i am trying to figure out how i can mark all mail in a mail folder as
> > read. i can see how you mark a thread, or specific message, but not how
> > to mark all messages as read. is this possible, and if so how would this
> > be done?
> 
> T~A<enter>;Wn
> 
> T  (to tag a pattern)
> ~A (the pattern matching all messages)
> ;  (apply next command to tagged messages)
> W  (clear flag)
> n  (new flag)

Mind you, you'll want to make sure all threads are UNcollapsed before you
apply this (tack in <esc>V before starting Jeremy's sequence if you have
threads collapsed).  Otherwise only all VISIBLE messages will get marked as
read.

Bests,

mark->
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