> > Is there a way to specify the current message number? If I can find that > > I can hide it all behind a macro. > > It seems that the requirement is either deletion of "unread stuff", or > "old stuff", too stale to be worth reading. (Even if the two are nearly > the same in this case) > > If the former, I'd just use: D ~N > > Or for the latter, using the manual section: 3.4.2. Relative Dates > I've just tried: D ~d >1d > > and it deleted everything not from today. > > That allows you to whack some of the read messages as well, e.g. if > you've read into the 8th day past, but only want to keep a week's worth. > (Might as well get get exactly what we want, while expending the effort > of pressing keys.) > > Erik
Thank you for the quick response. The first solution is the closest to what I want. I cannot foresee a case where I will have skipped past a few messages before I decide to delete the rest. The second one will require me to work out how many days worth of e-mails I want to keep, and I a cannot guarantee to get that right when I have to start using my toes, hence the original question.
