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Delete all root mail using shell

by Andrew on Nov.27, 2009, under Linux

The easiest way is to empty root or a users email message file i.e. /var/spool/mail/root or /var/spool/mail/username is to simply type the following command at shell:

cat /dev/null > /var/spool/mail/root
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