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  From: David Newall <davidn@rebel.net.au>
  To  : Wong Jen Choong, Jimmy <jimmy@asiatic.com.my>
  Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 17:33:23 +1030 (CST)

Re: /var/spool/mail

On Thu, 4 Mar 1999, Wong Jen Choong, Jimmy wrote:
>  Why is that the spool is still keeping their old mails?
> Is there any way for me to reduce that amount of space?

They probably are using POP and not deleting the mail from the
server.  You could delete early messages whenever their mailbox
grows too large ("early" = "at the start of the file"); or set a
disk quota and bounce messages when they reach quota; or delete
messages older than N days.  All of these options make sense because
all are automatic.  Don't go the option of writing a mail message
to your customer asking them to turn on the "delete mail from
server" option because this wastes your time.

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