PMDF popstore & MessageStore Manager's Guide
PMDF-POP-6.0


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5.2.1.1 delete command: delete a stored message

A specific message stored for a user account may be deleted with the delete command. The message to be deleted is identified by means of a UIDL as returned by the %msgr_uidl substitution string of the show_user command.

This command must be presented to the user information CGI via the URL

http://host:7633/popstore_user/ 
Parameter names and associated values accepted by the command are listed in Table 5-1 .

Table 5-1 delete_messagecommandparameters
parameter=value Description
on_error=file-spec Required Name of the formatting file to use to format the results when the command fails.
on_success=file-spec Required Name of the formatting file to use to format the results when the command succeeds.
log=bvalue Optional Boolean value, 0 or 1. When bvalue is 1, then a status message will be output indicating a successful operation. The default is bvalue=0. Note that errors are always reported.
uidl=string Required UIDL for this user's instance of the message to be deleted.

As an example, consider the following command which deletes the message with UIDL !!!!01234:

command=delete&uidl=!!!!01234& 
  on_success=delmsg_success.txt& 
  on_error=delmsg_error.txt 


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