Re: deleting emails through telnet

"gLaNDix (Jesse Kaufman)" <glandix-5N9U/[email protected]> Sat, 13 Sep 2003 20:54:40 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.org.user-groups.aclug.linux-help
Message-ID <13dc01c37a63$2c8e2550$0301a8c0@kryten>
rm -f /var/mail/<username>

or 

echo "" > /var/mail/<username>

will clear the entire mailbox

gLaNDix

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "XXXSudharsha WijesingheXXX" <adithya111-/[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2003 8:16 PM
Subject: [linux-help] deleting emails through telnet


> I have about 700 messages  on my email account.
> I want to delete them with out downloading.
> I can log in to it using telnet on pop3 and
> delete 1 by 1. Does any one know how I can delete
> them all at once other than issueing 700 delete
> commands.
> Thanks in advance.
> Sudharsha.
> 
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