THis is more a Unix question than qmail. The easiest way if it's all messages,
is this:
mv cur cur.old
mkdir cur
rm -rf cur
Make sure that cur has appropriate ownership and permissions.
On Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 11:56:17PM +0530, System Administrator wrote:
> hi
>
> can anybody help me delete around 25000 messages from Maildir/cur , please
> ?
>
> also when rm -f * comamned is ececuted it says /bin/rm Arguments list too
> long.
>
> pine takes around half an hour minimum to open the inbox, and then once we
> start marking the messages for deletion ti ahngs after about 2-3 minutes
> and rthe only option left is kill the pine session and restart.
>
>
>
> - Admin.
>
> ---
> Parag Mehta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> System Administrator.
>
> Puretech Internet Pvt. Ltd. http://puretech.co.in/
> 77 Atlanta. Nariman Point.
> Mumbai - 400021. India. Tel: +91-22-2833158
>
>
