Delete Mail messages without using Mail's trash

Jan 05, '06 05:39:00AM

Contributed by: Tom Robinson

A message in Apple's Mail app can be permanently removed by cutting it (Command-X) instead of deleting it via any of the usual methods. This is a pretty basic hint, but when I'm clearing out mailboxes, it saves a trip to the Trash mailbox to delete them again.

[robg adds: Cut also works in the usual way -- you can cut a message or messages from one spot, switch to another mailbox, and then paste to move the message(s). But if you skip the paste step, the cut messages are indeed gone as soon as you do anything else that changes the clipboard.]

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