Toshiba VP 300 Installation Instructions Manual page 305

DELETE MESSAGE 5001 FROM MAILBOX 2022
ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO DO THIS? Y
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If an original recipient has forwarded the message, the forwarded instance of the message is
not deleted with the MPURGE x y command. However, if a message is deleted from every
mailbox by the MPURGE x command, the message, but not the forwarding comments, is
blocked and is not playable.
If the message should be restricted from all delivery, two options for removing the message are
available:
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Use MPURGE to delete the message from all mailboxes. If the system is large, this may take
some time. The message could be heard by some users before the command to delete it from
their mailboxes is issued.
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Do an MBLOCK and then a single-mailbox MPURGE for each mailbox the message was sent
to.
If the message should go to some of the originally addressed mailboxes, then the options are
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Use MPURGE to delete the message from all mailboxes, and then create a new message with
the appropriate information. Send the message to the desired mailbox addresses.
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Use a single-mailbox MPURGE for each mailbox that should not receive the message. If any of
these mailboxes are configured for autocopy, message purge from the autocopy target.
Forwarded messages and network messages are not deleted.
CONSIDERATIONS
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Blocked messages (explicitly by MBLOCK or implicitly by an all-mailbox MPURGE) are not
automatically deleted from the system. The space used by the message and the associated
header become available for reuse when the system is restarted.
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If a message has been forwarded, the forwarded instance is not automatically deleted by the
MPURGE command. Make the message unplayable using the MBLOCK command. The
message recipient hears the sender's name if available, but the message is not played. The
prompt requesting that the message be deleted is heard.
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Any message can be autocopied. If the single-mailbox MPURGE command is used to delete a
message, that message must be deleted from the autocopy target as well. If the all-mailbox
MPURGE is used, in general the message is deleted from autocopy targets.
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Even if a message is part of a forwarding chain, only that particular message will be blocked or
purged. Block or purge all messages in the chain, if desired. For instance, if a voice-annotated
fax message is to be purged, the MPURGE command must be entered separately for both the
voice annotation and for the fax message. Similarly, if a message was forwarded with
comments, both the comments and the forwarded message must be deleted with the MPURGE
command.
MAINTENANCE
Toshiba VP Systems Release 7.1 July, 1994
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