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Old 07-17-2008, 08:31 PM
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When I view "mail" there are a ton of items in there. I want to see the last item. Is there a way to delete all items? Or all items but the last item?

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Old 07-21-2008, 01:11 PM
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You can just empty the mail file. The mail file is at:

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For root it would be

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Doesn't Linux have something like Thunderbird?
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Well, you can install something like that...
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So why are they using CLI to delete mail?
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I've got no idea. Maybe that is for some kinda server?
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So why are they using CLI to delete mail?
Because it is system mail (root) and I am logged in via SSH.
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