Next: Miscellaneous Commands and Options, Previous: Files and Pipes, Up: Reading Your Mail [Contents][Index]
To move on to the next message, use the command n
(mh-next-undeleted-msg); use p
(mh-previous-undeleted-msg) to read the previous message. To
move to the next unread message, use M-n
(mh-next-unread-msg); use M-p
(mh-previous-unread-msg) to move to the previous unread
message. These commands can be given a prefix argument to specify how
many messages to skip (for example, 5 n). You can also move to a
specific message with g (mh-goto-msg). You can enter the
message number either before or after typing g. In the latter
case, Emacs prompts you. Finally, you can go to the first or last
message with M-< (mh-first-msg) and M->
(mh-last-msg) respectively.
You can also use the Emacs commands C-p (previous-line)
and C-n (next-line) to move up and down the scan lines in
the MH-Folder window. These commands can be used in conjunction with
RET to look at deleted or refiled messages.
To mark a message for deletion, use the command d
(mh-delete-msg). A ‘D’ is placed by the message in the
scan window, and the next undeleted message is displayed. If the
previous command had been p, then the next message displayed is
the first undeleted message previous to the message just deleted. Use
n to force subsequent d commands to move forward to the
next undeleted message after deleting the message under the cursor.
You may also specify a range (for example, C-u d 1 3 5-7 last:5
frombob RET, see Ranges).
The command C-d (mh-delete-msg-no-motion) marks the
message (or messages in range) for deletion but leaves the cursor at
the current message in case you wish to perform other operations on
the message.
And to delete more messages faster, you can use k
(mh-delete-subject-or-thread) to delete all the messages with
the same subject as the current message. This command puts these
messages in a sequence named ‘subject’. You can undo this action
by using u (mh-undo) with a prefix argument and then
specifying the ‘subject’ sequence. However, if the buffer is
displaying a threaded view of the folder then k behaves like
T d (mh-thread-delete). See Viewing Message Threads.
However you mark a message for deletion, the command x
(mh-execute-commands) actually carries out the deletion
(see Organizing Your Mail with Folders).
The hook mh-delete-msg-hook is called after you mark a message
for deletion. For example, a past maintainer of MH-E used this once
when he kept statistics on his mail usage.
Next: Miscellaneous Commands and Options, Previous: Files and Pipes, Up: Reading Your Mail [Contents][Index]