Destroy an email immediately in Mail.app
macOSXHints returns from holidays with a simple but great tip.
You can delete an
Makes sense when you think about it, but I’d never thought of it before. It also saves a second trip to the
Check it out; and read Rob’s cautionary footnote.
UPDATE: As David Chartier wisely points out on TUAW, bypassing the Trash like this mean that when the
However, if you realise you’ve done a stupid thing, the “paste” key (Command-V) will return the message from the clipboard to the mailbox, providing that you haven’t placed something else on the clipboard in the meantime. Whew!
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