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I am looking for the best way to delete all the mail in an mbox folder from the command line. Explanation: I have spamassassin scan all
incoming mail, which is then stored on an imap
server. Tagged spam gets filtered
by the client and moved to a holding directory. I can then glance over the spam before
moving it into the confirmed spam directory. Once I make sure that it’s all spam, I use “spamassassin –r” paired with formail to report each message to Razor2 and run it through
the bayesian filters. I want to create a cron
job to periodically report all the confirmed spam and then delete it. This way I can continue to dump spam
into the confirmed folder throughout the day and let the server dispose of it
automatically. Reporting I can do;
deleting is a little trickier. I’ve considered just deleting the entire file and
using “touch” to recreate an empty mbox
folder, but there must be a more elegant and safe way. Thanks for your advice! Michael Hrivnak |
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