* Sven Burgener ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [Dec 18. 2001 04:09]: > I am looking for a script that cleans out mails contained in the > mail-files in /var/spool/mail/ that are older than a specific date, say > 6 months, for example.
> Is there any such beast? There may be tools that exist specifically for this purpose, but in the spirit of this list: grepmail can do it. You'd basically grep for messages between start-date and "now" and direct the output to a file. Then when you're satisfied you've got the syntax down right, write a shell script that does this at regular intervals, for example, writes your results to a temp file, then overwrite the mailbox with the temp file. apt-get install grepmail -- Brian Clark | Debian GNU/Linux: 3950 packages to keep you busy. Fingerprint: 07CE FA37 8DF6 A109 8119 076B B5A2 E5FB E4D0 C7C8 Eat right, exercise regularly, die anyway.
