Linux mail delete all messages

To delete all messages in a Linux mail client, you can use the following commands:

For mutt mail client:

  1. Open mutt and navigate to the mailbox you want to delete all messages from.
  2. Press d to delete the current message.
  3. Press a to delete all messages in the mailbox.

For msmtp and mbox mail clients:

  1. Open a terminal and navigate to the directory where your mailbox files are located.
  2. Use the following command to delete all messages in the mailbox:
    rm -f *.mbox

    This will delete all files with the .mbox extension, which are typically mail messages.

For procmail mail client:

  1. Open a terminal and navigate to the directory where your mailbox files are located.
  2. Use the following command to delete all messages in the mailbox:
    procmail -d

    This will delete all messages in the mailbox.

For alpine mail client:

  1. Open alpine and navigate to the mailbox you want to delete all messages from.
  2. Press d to delete the current message.
  3. Press a to delete all messages in the mailbox.

For nmh mail client:

  1. Open nmh and navigate to the mailbox you want to delete all messages from.
  2. Press d to delete the current message.
  3. Press a to delete all messages in the mailbox.

For pine mail client:

  1. Open pine and navigate to the mailbox you want to delete all messages from.
  2. Press d to delete the current message.
  3. Press a to delete all messages in the mailbox.

Note: Before deleting all messages, make sure you have backed up your mailbox files or have a way to recover them in case you need to restore them.