delete mail root in command line

jobud33 · 07-01-2010, 01:42 AM

Hi!
I want to delete all may mail root in command line and i don't find this... the command mail + "d" work fine but i want use it in a .sh

i explain too : I use fetchmail to have mail from a gmail box, and use RIPMIME to save the attachment in a folder... these work fine, but the i want delete these mails

thanks all
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En français sa donne :
j'ai besoin de deleté les mails root en ligne de commande et je ne trouve pas cette syntaxe... La commande "mail" + la touche "d" fonctionne mais je souhaite l'utiliser en ligne de commande...

le contexte : J'utilise fetchmail pour recuperer des mails d'une boite gmail et utilise RIPMIME pour détacher les piece jointe et les sauvegarder dans un dossier ....tout fonctionne bien sauf la suppression des mails déjà effectué!

Merci

jobud
- Debian etch -

bathory · 07-01-2010, 02:27 AM

Hi,

You can delete the file /var/spool/mail/root, so all root's mail will be deleted

Regards

jobud33 · 07-02-2010, 05:05 AM

yes man

the command
rm -f /var/mail/myusername
delete all the mail ....

unSpawn · 07-02-2010, 05:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jobud33

I use fetchmail to have mail from a gmail box, and use RIPMIME to save the attachment in a folder... these work fine, but the i want delete these mails

Since you run fetchmail you probably also have a procmail recipe. If that's the case, wouldn't it be easier to set delivery from a mailbox:

Code:

:0
* ^Subject:.*something.*$
$MAILBOX

to the bit bucket:

Code:

BITBUCKET=/dev/null
:0
* ^Subject:.*something.*$
$BITBUCKET

?