Re: [SLE] (OT) Deletion of mail from pop server
I have a similar question. If I don't have physical access to
the mail server (that is, it's an SMTP account at my ISP), is
there any way I can empty my mailbox without downloading
all the messages? I thought of using fetchmail to do this, but
offhand I don't see anything mentioned about this in the
fetchmail man page.
- Robert Storey
On Sat, 15 Dec 2001 21:24:47 +0000
Kevin Donnelly
On Saturday 15 December 2001 18:00, Bruce Marshall wrote:
Just delete that mailbox from /var/spool/mail.
Doh! Bangs head on table. Thank you! The spool was in a slightly different location, but this did the trick.
Zentara - thanks for the ref to poppy. I'd never heard of it before, but it would appear to be ideal for cases where you don't have access to the server. I'm poring over it now!
Kevin
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 16 December 2001 10:20 am, Robert Storey wrote:
I have a similar question. If I don't have physical access to the mail server (that is, it's an SMTP account at my ISP), is there any way I can empty my mailbox without downloading all the messages? I thought of using fetchmail to do this, but offhand I don't see anything mentioned about this in the fetchmail man page.
Does your ISP have a webmail access system set up? Maybe this would allow you to delete them, although it's hardly the greatest of ideas. Tom - -- Pretend to spank me -- I'm a pseudo-masochist! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8HHuTAEYnIVU7X9IRAlc5AJ4j0b0s4m3eJac3839ETu/SPCC8LQCghA83 Uj2Kwi3WAO7rD0LEitA08hM= =NKI3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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