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how to Count the number of files in the directory /var/spool/mail?
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Using what? A program, a script, or someone's observations? Haven't bothered to ever do this, but I'm betting that something like the ls command would have a switch where it gives you a result of the number of files.
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What are you trying to accomplish? On my mailserver using qmail and Maildir mailbox format, there is one file for each mail user. I believe that's the case even if using the mbox format, as that format puts all mail messages in one file for each user.
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