Hi

I would like to clean the mail boxes of users in /var/spool/mail in my
RS6000 boxes.

Can anyone tell me, is there any script/tool which can remove the
mails which are 2 months old.

Note: I would like to remove the messages which are 2 months older,
not entire files.

Please advice

Krishna wrote:
> Hi
>
> I would like to clean the mail boxes of users in /var/spool/mail in my
> RS6000 boxes.
>
> Can anyone tell me, is there any script/tool which can remove the
> mails which are 2 months old.
>
> Note: I would like to remove the messages which are 2 months older,
> not entire files.
>
> Please advice

I do not think there is an AIX command for this purpose. But have a look
at the procmail/formail software. It can solve your problem.
www.iki.fi/era/procmail/mini-faq.html -
or
www.procmail.org

Patrick

Patrick Begou <Patrick.Begou@hmg.inpg.fr> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I would like to clean the mail boxes of users in /var/spool/mail in my
> RS6000 boxes.
>

www.shelldorado.com

is your friend. Look for expiremail.ksh

Friedrich

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Rechenzentrum, Windeckstr. 110, 68163 Mannheim
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Friedrich Roesch <roesch@roxi.rz.fh-mannheim.de> wrote in message news:<cnhpvm$igm$1@news.BelWue.DE>...
> Patrick Begou <Patrick.Begou@hmg.inpg.fr> wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I would like to clean the mail boxes of users in /var/spool/mail in my
> > RS6000 boxes.
> >
>
> www.shelldorado.com
>
> is your friend. Look for expiremail.ksh
>
> Friedrich

Hi

This script is not working properly in AIX. Is there any modifications
we need do. I am getting following error.

# ./expiremail.ksh -d 60 -v -D /var/spool/mail/root
../expiremail.ksh[554]: true: bad number

Please help me, if you have seen this error before.

Thanks
Siva

Friedrich Roesch <roesch@roxi.rz.fh-mannheim.de> wrote in message news:<cnhpvm$igm$1@news.BelWue.DE>...
> Patrick Begou <Patrick.Begou@hmg.inpg.fr> wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I would like to clean the mail boxes of users in /var/spool/mail in my
> > RS6000 boxes.
> >
>
> www.shelldorado.com
>
> is your friend. Look for expiremail.ksh
>
> Friedrich

Hi

This script is not working properly in AIX. Is there any modifications
we need do. I am getting following error.

# ./expiremail.ksh -d 60 -v -D /var/spool/mail/root
../expiremail.ksh[554]: true: bad number

Please help me, if you have seen this error before.

Thanks
Siva