Deleting Messages

In VM, messages are flagged for deletion, and then are subsequently expunged or removed from the folder. The messages are not removed from the on-disk copy of the folder until the folder is saved.

d (vm-delete-message)

Flags the current message for deletion. A prefix argument n causes the current message and the next n-1 messages to be flagged. A negative n causes the current message and the previous n-1 messages to be flagged.

u (vm-undelete-message)

Removes the deletion flag from the current message. A prefix argument n causes the current message and the next n-1 messages to be undeleted. A negative n causes the current message and the previous n-1 messages to be undeleted.

k (vm-kill-subject)

Flags all message with the same subject as the current message (ignoring "Re:") for deletion.

# (vm-expunge-folder)

Does the actual removal of messages flagged for deletion in the current folder.

Setting the variable vm-move-after-deleting non-nil causes VM to move past the messages after flagging them for deletion. Setting vm-move-after-undeleting non-nil causes similar movement after undeletes.