Re: [cobalt-users] How do I clear a users e-mail out?

["Rob Evans" <robe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Telnet on and cd /var/spool/mail
then issue ls -la|more
and look for one or both of the following files
(where username is the id of the user in question):

.username.pop  (note the dot at the start)
username.lock  (no dot at the start of this one)

If you find them delete them (rm filename)

.username.pop is created, as a copy of the user's mailbox, while the e-mail
client is retrieving the mail (using POP3)

username.lock is created, I suspect, when there is a problem with excessive
mail in the mailbox - I had to deal with a problem recently with a 90MB mail
item jamming up our Qube, and I noticed such a .lock file for one of the
users affected by this.

Rob E.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert C. Betzel" <rbetzel@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, 16 March 2000 07:24
Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] How do I clear a users e-mail out?


> I did that command and tried most of the others that
> have been suggested.  I got rid of the mail, but now
> the user can not get back into their mail via any mail
> software.  It acts like the password is wrong.  I
> changed the password and that didn't help.  Any other
> ideas?  One user tried to mail the other 8 meg of
> pictures and that lock up both users.
>
> Thanks