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OIT will soon be enhancing the process of expiring electronic mail that is
left in /var/mail.  Currently, any messages that are more than 90 days old
are removed and discarded.  This is done to insure that there is sufficient
free space in /var/mail for everyone's incoming messages.

After Monday, October 28, old messages will be appended to a file named
"expired-mail" in the recipient's home directory, if possible, rather than
discarded.  If the recipient is over his disk quota, or the home directory
filesystem is full, the messages will be discarded just like they are now.

So do not be alarmed if a file named "expired-mail" appears in your home
directory, or if it insists on reappearing after you remove it.  That's just
the mail expiration program trying not to lose any of your messages.

To be absolutely certain that you do not lose any messages, OIT recommends
that you not keep messages in /var/mail and instead move them into a folder
in your home directory.  Your disk quota includes all the files under your
home directory as well as your inbox in /var/mail, so there is no advantage
to be gained by avoiding moving the messages into your home directory.
-- 
Roy J. Mongiovi   System Support Specialist IV       Information Technology
                                                Georgia Institute of Technology
Tough are the souls that tread the knife's edge   Atlanta, Georgia  30332-0715
        Jethro Tull - "Passion Play"                  roy@prism.gatech.edu