<p>MB the file and gzip. Then a new empty one will be generated.</p>
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<p><blockquote type="cite">On Jan 6, 2010 10:25 AM, "William Fragakis" <<a href="mailto:william@fragakis.com">william@fragakis.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>I'm running Centos 5.4. Root's mail file has grown to a cumbersome size.<br>
I'd like to clear it out but if I follow the advice I've been able to<br>
googe and dum/delete/create new the file (/var/spool/mail/root),<br>
sendmail rebuilds it to the original size. Is there a step I'm missing?<br>
<br>
thanks,<br>
William<br>
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