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   Marco Moock to All   
   Re: How to delete old mail using mailx   
   09 May 25 17:55:11   
   
   From: mm@dorfdsl.de   
      
   On 09.05.2025 02:11 Uhr root wrote:   
      
   > I've been in the hospital and over that period I   
   > accumulated 41 messages go back three days. I use   
   > fetchmail to get the messages, procmail to proces   
   > them, and mailx to read them. Normally I just use   
   > d* under mailx to delete them after. I can delete   
   > /var/spool/mail/root, but they just come back   
   > on the next fetchmail. I know I have done this   
   > before but I am too tired to search for it.   
      
   If they come back, check from where fetchmail gets them. IIRC gmail   
   ignores basic protocol rules and doesn't delete message you delete via   
   POP3 or IMAP. Yes, that is indeed shit, but that's Google. I operate my   
   own mail server - for a good reason.   
      
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   kind regards   
   Marco   
      
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