Re: [cobalt-users] Emptying mbox manually ...

[Larry Smith <lesmith@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Monday 05 January 2004 12:06, Jeff Lasman wrote:
> On Monday 05 January 2004 02:51 am, R. Hamburg .: HaVa Web- &
>
> Processdesign :. wrote:
> > > I have one question about the RaQ550. Some of our users have
> > > exceeded
> >
> > their
> >
> > > quota. How can I emptying their mailbox? Is there any safest way to
> > > do
> >
> > that
>
> You can safely edit or delete the mailspool file, but before you do, you
> should shut down both sendmail and the RaQ monitor that restarts it
> every 15 minutes, so you don't lose incoming messages while you're
> working.
>

The "safer" way to do this is to connect telnet or ssh, cd /home/spool/mail, 
then either "mail -f <accountname> or just ><accountname> where <accountname> 
is the user account you want to remove mail from.

The mail -f <accountname> will open the mailbox in a character base mail 
reader and you can delete (d1-1000) messages, then q to quit and save (x to 
quit without making any changes).

The ><accountname> (right arrow accountname) will simply "write" nothing to 
the mailbox in question thereby instantly emptying it and not affecting 
sendmail, mailscanner and such...

-- 
Larry Smith
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