How to delete all local mail

[Arthur Pemberton]

On 1/23/06, Mike McCarty <mike.mccarty at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> Arthur Pemberton wrote:
> > My /var/spool/mail/$username file seems to be corrupted, it is over 500
> MB,
> > how do I purge it? Is it safe to just delete the file?
>
> That depends on how the file got corrupted. I suggest that
> you unmount the disc and run fsck on it before attempting
> any "repairs" to the file system by hand. After fsck has had
> a shot at it, then it is probably ok to remove the file.
>
> Step one, as always, is back up everything.


The file was huge and contained alot of nonsensical data.

Yah I think I am needing a backup. It would be nice to see a
system-config-backup so that I don't have to go setting up a backup script
on every system I touch.


Mike
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