[9fans] Deleting mail

[9fans] Deleting mail

[Rodolfo (kix)]

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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.

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Rodolfo García "kix"

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Re: [9fans] Deleting mail

[Brantley Coile]

> 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 .*/.

Re: [9fans] Deleting mail

[Rodolfo (kix)]

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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"

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Re: [9fans] Deleting mail

[geoff]

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You replaced `bwc' with $user or your login name?

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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"

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Re: [9fans] Deleting mail

[Brantley Coile]

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

Man!  Too late in the day to help.  Change the append bit not the lock bit.
Dang!  Sorry.  That should read

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

Re: [9fans] Deleting mail

[Brantley Coile]

> You replaced `bwc' with $user or your login name?

How many mistakes can I make in a single, short message. :)
(Should have thought of $user as well.)

Re: [9fans] Deleting mail

[Rodolfo (kix)]

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Yes,

and I make "cd /mail/box/kix", chmod -l mbox, > mbox, chmod +l ...

Then, I make "Get" in acme and the mail continues.

Thanks.

2006/6/8, geoff@collyer.net <geoff@collyer.net>:
>
>
>
> ---------- Mensaje reenviado ----------
> 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 .*/.
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Rodolfo García "kix"
>
>


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Rodolfo García "kix"

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Re: [9fans] Deleting mail

[Rodolfo (kix)]

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Ummm,

we have another mistake, because the mail continues in the server ;)

Thanks

... Time to sleep.

2006/6/8, Brantley Coile <brantley@coraid.com>:
>
> > You replaced `bwc' with $user or your login name?
>
> How many mistakes can I make in a single, short message. :)
> (Should have thought of $user as well.)
>
>


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Rodolfo García "kix"

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Re: [9fans] Deleting mail

[geoff]

Try this:

	cd /mail/box/$user
	chmod -al mbox
	>mbox
	chmod +al mbox
	ls -l mbox

You should see a zero-length mbox file.

Re: [9fans] Deleting mail

[rog]

> In acme (my beautifull editor ;-) ) I can mark the message as (deleted).
> 
> How I can delete the mail in rc? rm?
> 
> rm mbox/*/* ???

actually, you can do that (although it'll be very slow):
	rm /mail/fs/mbox/*
the slowness comes from the fact that it rewrites the entire
mailbox after every remove.

quicker would be:

	cd /mail/fs/mbox
	echo delete mbox * > ../ctl

the advantage of doing this over just truncating the mailbox
file is that you don't have to delete all the messages.
for instance, you could delete the oldest 500 messages with

	cd /mail/fs/mbox
	echo delete mbox `{ls -n | sed 500q} > ../ctl

Re: [9fans] Deleting mail

[Rodolfo (kix)]

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Thanks rog,

now I have a "new" pop3 account.

Thank you very much.


2006/6/8, rog@vitanuova.com <rog@vitanuova.com>:
>
> > In acme (my beautifull editor ;-) ) I can mark the message as (deleted).
> >
> > How I can delete the mail in rc? rm?
> >
> > rm mbox/*/* ???
>
> actually, you can do that (although it'll be very slow):
>         rm /mail/fs/mbox/*
> the slowness comes from the fact that it rewrites the entire
> mailbox after every remove.
>
> quicker would be:
>
>         cd /mail/fs/mbox
>         echo delete mbox * > ../ctl
>
> the advantage of doing this over just truncating the mailbox
> file is that you don't have to delete all the messages.
> for instance, you could delete the oldest 500 messages with
>
>         cd /mail/fs/mbox
>         echo delete mbox `{ls -n | sed 500q} > ../ctl
>



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Rodolfo García "kix"

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