From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
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To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Deleting mail
Date: Wed,  7 Jun 2006 15:54:42 -0700
From: geoff@collyer.net
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Try this:

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

You should see a zero-length mbox file.