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RE: [cobalt-users] How to delete mail from raq3
- Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] How to delete mail from raq3
- From: Rodolfo Paiz <rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu Mar 15 18:47:50 2001
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> When I login via telnet, the server tells me I have mail,
> I type in mail, and am shown the following:
> "/var/spool/mail/admin": 1223 messages 1223 new
>
> So, now I'd like to know how to delete all these messages??
>
> Can someone tell me how to delete them in one big swoop?
If you're already in the mail program, the command
d1-1223
will delete them all. Then use
q
to quit.
Outside of mail, you can
rm /var/spool/mail/admin
touch /var/spool/mail/admin
or for even greater simplicity,
cat /dev/null > /var/spool/mail/admin
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Rodolfo J. Paiz
rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>