[NMLUG] automatic mail delete?

[havoc at harrisdev.com (havoc)]

I'm hoping to find a solution that I can have the server blow them away 
without ever downloading them from /var/spool/mail/user, which is a 
single file.

This is for a mailbox I created called "scan" (which is short for "spam 
can), which I use for creating accounts on sites I would like to get 
information from, but not receive all of their junk mail.

j

Michael Maddex wrote:
> If you are talking about separate user files, you could try something like this:
> 
>     # find /var/spool/mail -mtime -X -exec rm {} \;
> 
> where 'X' is your 'X days old' and '\;' is part of the syntax.  You can use the
> '-i' or '-f' argument to 'rm' if appropriate.  See man find for more info.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> havoc said:
>>what command would I run to delete messages older than X days old in my
>>mail spool?
>>
>>thanks,
>>jody


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