Arthur Pemberton wrote: > My /var/spool/mail/$username file seems to be corrupted, it is over 500 > MB, how do I purge it? Is it safe to just delete the file? > You can ether delete it, or run "cat /dev/null > /var/spool/mail/$username". If you just delete it, you may want to re-create it. It should be re-created by the mail program, but I have run into a few setups that do not for some reason. You can create an empty file after you delete it by running "touch /var/spool/mail/$username". If you run it as root, you will have to change ownership afterwards. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
