Re: Emails on the servers

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From: Paul Richards
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 00:00

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Harry Broomhall writes,
>In article <XItXhEA$5JF3Ew$q@dunvegan1.demon.co.uk>,
>       Paul Richards <Paul@dunvegan1.demon.co.uk> writes:
>> Hi,
>> I've (finally) managed to set up a dual-boot system where Win95 and
>> Linux both have separate email addresses.  But now 'cos I'm using POP3
>> to collect mail going to say "a", "b", "c", and "d" email's going to say
>> "e" aren't getting collected at all.  Usually by SMTP these would get
>> collected and filed as dead-letter.  How long will they last on the
>> server before getting automatically deleted or will I have to
>> periodically delete them myself?
>
>  IIRC about a month.  But the senders will get bounce messages,
>so you may want to consider whether you are happy about that.
>
>  They will also get 'trying to deliver' messages at various points
>during this time.

Okay then, how do I get Linux to clear out these sort of messages say
once a week?
-- 
Paul Richards (aka. Pauldoo)
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