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    Remove user accounts from the popstore or delete users' messages.

    Syntax

      DELETE  username[,...]

    Command Qualifiers             Defaults

    /CONFIRM
    /GROUP=name
    /LOG
    /MESSAGES
    /PROMPT
    /RETURN                        /NORETURN

1  –  Parameters 

 username

    Name of the account to delete. Can contain wild card characters.

2  –  Description 

    Use the DELETE command to remove one or more user accounts. By
    default, stored messages for the accounts are deleted silently.
    To cause unread messages to be returned to their originators as
    undelivered, specify /RETURN.

    Use the /MESSAGES qualifier to delete or return a user's
    messages. The account itself will not be deleted.

    When the USERNAME parameter contains wild card characters, all
    matching accounts within the manager's management group and
    subgroups thereof will be deleted. The /GROUP qualifier can be
    used to further constrain which accounts are deleted.

3  –  Command Qualifiers

3.1    /CONFIRM 

       /CONFIRM
       /NOCONFIRM

    Prompt for positive confirmation before carrying out the
    indicated operation. When wild cards are not used, /NOCONFIRM
    is the default. When wild cards are used, /CONFIRM is the default
    and a prompt is issued for each account to be operated upon.
    Moreover, when wild cards are used, /NOCONFIRM causes only a
    single prompt to be issued-it does not eliminate the prompt
    altogether.

3.2    /GROUP 

       /GROUP=name

    Name of a management group to constrain the operation to. This
    qualifier can be used in conjunction with a username parameter
    containing wild card characters so as to further constrain the
    delete operation.

3.3    /LOG 

       /LOG
       /NOLOG

    When the operation is successful, output a status message stating
    that the operation succeeded. Note that error messages are always
    indicated. /NOLOG is the default behavior unless wild cards are
    used in which case /LOG is the default.

3.4    /MESSAGES 

    When the /MESSAGES qualifier is specified, only the user's
    messages are deleted or returned. The account itself is not
    deleted.

3.5    /PROMPT 

       /PROMPT (default)
       /NOPROMPT

    By default if a wildcard is used, even if /NOCONFIRM is
    specified, one confirmation prompt is issued. If /NOPROMPT is
    specified, there is no prompting at all.

3.6    /RETURN 

       /RETURN
       /NORETURN (default)

    When /RETURN is specified, unread messages are returned to their
    originator as undelivered. By default unread messages are deleted
    without sending a non-delivery notice back to their originators.

4  –  Examples 

      To delete the accounts JDOE and BSMITH, issue the command

        popstore> DELETE JDOE,BSMITH
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