2006/6/8, geoff@collyer.net <geoff@collyer.net>:

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From: "Rodolfo (kix)" <rodolfogarciap@gmail.com>
To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" < 9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 00:36:33 +0200
Subject: Re: [9fans] Deleting mail
Umm

It do not erase the mail. Why I change the exclusive mode?

Thanks.

2006/6/8, Brantley Coile <brantley@coraid.com>:
> Hi!!!
>
> I have my pop3 account with tooooo much old mail. I have the mail in
> /mail/fs/mbox/* and I would like to delete it.
>
> In acme (my beautifull editor ;-) ) I can mark the message as (deleted).
>
> How I can delete the mail in rc? rm?
>
> rm mbox/*/* ???
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Rodolfo García "kix"

        chmod -l /mail/box/<usr>/mbox
        >/mail/box/bwc/mbox
        chmod +l /mail/box/<usr>/mbox

But it will delete ALL the messages.
Take a look at the contents of the mail file
and you will see that it's just a text file where
each message begins with a line /^From .*/.

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Rodolfo García "kix"