Mutt mass delete

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title: 'Mutt Mass Delete'
date: '2012-12-18T23:28:51-06:00'
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From time to time I still use mutt to check or delete mail. For instance where I only have terminal access to a root account and something caused the account to collect thousands of e-mail. Here is how to delete a lot of mutt e-mail.

In the main screen press D (shift + d)
Delete messages matching: ~s .*

~s will search the subject for the given expression and ".*" is a global regex wild card

All messages will now be marked for deletion. Press q and y to confirm.