you can try this little script from http://mackers.com/scripts/blockedmail/

jett tayer


Jan dela Cruz wrote:

> yes i'm perfectly aware on that 'ethics' part.  but yes, its just a closed
> group, and we can give rules.  its for their good also.  so deleting old
> mails in this case is 'authorized'.
>
> if i'm an ISP, of course its always safe to say to the sender that the
> recepient's inbox is full.  however, my case is that its my duty that the
> sender sucessfully sends the email and recepient gets the email also in
> spite of external factors (eg. his ISP strength, his inbox quota, etc).
> sucessfully sending out the important email from my system to his provider
> isn't counted as a success.  having the recepient receive the email to his
> desktop makes the whole thing a success.
>
> i run sendmail not qmail... so its quite tricky since sendmail stores inbox
> emails in one file.
>
> anyways, back to the question.  any script?  where to get it?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Juan Miguel Cacho
> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 5:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [plug] mail purge
>
> But do you have the authority/right to delete the users' mail? Baka
> magalit. At least if new mail bounces, the sender can send the message
> again some other time. If you delete old messages, the user won't know
> what messages he/hse missed.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pong
> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 5:03 PM
> Subject: RE: [plug] mail purge
>
> new mails bouncing due to quota (user's fault) is better in general than
> deleting existing emails (your fault).  ISPs never do this. but if it's
> just your companiy's mail users (a closed group), and your boss gave u a
> 'go' signal, then i guess deleting old mails would be considerable.
>
> pong
>
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