Q:
> when I exit elm, none of the messages I have marked for deleteion are
> actually deleted, what's going on?

A:
The most likely cause for this is that you changed the 'ask' field in
your elmrc file from ON to OFF.  Since the default for the
'always-delete' field is off, elm will now default to not deleting the
messages you marked for deletion.

You can either leave 'ask' as ON, or change it to OFF and change the
'always-delete' field to ON.  Beware: elm will not ask you if you want
to delete a message you have marked for deletion, it will just delete
it.

			Matt