From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Deleting mail Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 15:37:44 -0700 From: geoff@collyer.net In-Reply-To: <3096bd910606071536j737605cdgfc17a5dfd9f95fc@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="upas-hzomamthajmnbtyavcpahincjf" Topicbox-Message-UUID: 5dd17b08-ead1-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --upas-hzomamthajmnbtyavcpahincjf Content-Disposition: ainline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit You replaced `bwc' with $user or your login name? --upas-hzomamthajmnbtyavcpahincjf Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: ainline Received: from collyer.net ([216.240.55.178]) by collyer.net; Wed Jun 7 15:36:58 PDT 2006 Received: from mail.cse.psu.edu ([130.203.4.6]) by collyer.net; Wed Jun 7 15:36:56 PDT 2006 Received: from psuvax1.cse.psu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with ESMTP id 0C957C6A14 for ; Wed, 7 Jun 2006 18:36:55 -0400 (EDT) X-Original-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Delivered-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with ESMTP id 3866FC69B0 for <9fans@cse.psu.edu>; Wed, 7 Jun 2006 18:36:36 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail.cse.psu.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (psuvax1 [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 15496-01-52 for <9fans@cse.psu.edu>; Wed, 7 Jun 2006 18:36:34 -0400 (EDT) Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.225]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with ESMTP id 99902C69AA for <9fans@cse.psu.edu>; Wed, 7 Jun 2006 18:36:33 -0400 (EDT) Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i31so260020wra for <9fans@cse.psu.edu>; Wed, 07 Jun 2006 15:36:33 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=YI1tiiG/2Yabdi6BrCF+rgmegzPl++vnf0tU8xY7AdZA52EGvscQQ1941YduQlj2jrbDAxKAKJH787GXvPA++aVAduuBuF8qEQLnrjXTS4tyr5S/hWMNg2g1MyZwYAguDUAn3AEfBto+7UwtoDRzL0QfEf83SxlnarYB7SLL1go= Received: by 10.64.178.2 with SMTP id a2mr1201570qbf; Wed, 07 Jun 2006 15:36:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.65.11.18 with HTTP; Wed, 7 Jun 2006 15:36:33 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <3096bd910606071536j737605cdgfc17a5dfd9f95fc@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 00:36:33 +0200 From: "Rodolfo (kix)" To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] Deleting mail In-Reply-To: <1f11c57cb436b9bdfd80b84dc19d9cb8@coraid.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_12565_13251340.1149719793486" References: <3096bd910606071516s4324759cy3d9cb1dcba044ca9@mail.gmail.com> <1f11c57cb436b9bdfd80b84dc19d9cb8@coraid.com> X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at cse.psu.edu X-BeenThere: 9fans@cse.psu.edu X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> List-Id: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans.cse.psu.edu> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: 9fans-bounces+geoff.9fans=collyer.net@cse.psu.edu Errors-To: 9fans-bounces+geoff.9fans=collyer.net@cse.psu.edu ------=_Part_12565_13251340.1149719793486 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Umm It do not erase the mail. Why I change the exclusive mode? Thanks. 2006/6/8, 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 Garc=EDa "kix" > > chmod -l /mail/box//mbox > >/mail/box/bwc/mbox > chmod +l /mail/box//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 .*/. > > --=20 Rodolfo Garc=EDa "kix" ------=_Part_12565_13251340.1149719793486 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Umm

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

Thanks.

2006/6/8, Brantley Coile &l= t;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 mb= ox/*/* ???
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Rodolfo Garc= =EDa "kix"

        = ;chmod -l /mail/box/<usr>/mbox
        >/mail/box/bwc/mbox
&= nbsp;       chmod +l /mail/box/<usr&g= t;/mbox

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

<= br>

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