[ale] evolution

[Chuck Huber]

On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 10:44:50AM -0500, Doug McNash wrote:
> >Is there a way to delete all email at once. I have been 
> 
> rm -f /var/spool/mail/<your_user_id_here>
> or 
> cat /dev/null > /var/spool/mail/<your_user_id_here>
> 
> I'm not sure which is faster, both are pretty fast.

You could
    rm $MAIL

That's pretty fast.

Enjoy,
    - Chuck

-- 
"The purpose of encryption is to protect good people
from bad people, not to protect bad people from the government."
     Scott McNealy, CEO Sun Microsystems
"The best way for government to control people is to remain in
   a constant threat of war." ---Karl Marx
(18 USC 242), which applies to government agents overstepping their
authority:
  "Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation,
  or custom, willfully subjects any person in any State, Territory,
  or District to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or
  immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of
  the United States, . . . shall be fined under this title or
  imprisoned not more than one year, or both . . ."

 PGP signature