How to delete all local mail

[Mike McCarty]

Arthur Pemberton wrote:
> My /var/spool/mail/$username file seems to be corrupted, it is over 500 MB,
> how do I purge it? Is it safe to just delete the file?

That depends on how the file got corrupted. I suggest that
you unmount the disc and run fsck on it before attempting
any "repairs" to the file system by hand. After fsck has had
a shot at it, then it is probably ok to remove the file.

Step one, as always, is back up everything.

Mike
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