Re: [cobalt-users] Flushing a mailbox

[flash22@xxxxxxx]

On Fri, 25 Aug 2000, Babu P. Yogarajah wrote:

> At 11:08 25/08/00 -0700, you wrote:
> >"Babu P. Yogarajah" wrote:
> >> 
> >> Login as root to your RAQ
> >> then do
> >> cat /dev/null > /var/spool/mail/USERID
> >
> >Even quicker.
> >
> >[root@host]# > ~mail/USERID
> >
> >:)
> >
> >Jeff
> 
> Interesting..... I didn't know until this moment.
> 
> -Babu

hmm, the first deletes mail from the system spol, the second one deletes
from the local users (delivered) mailbox....how are these the same?

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