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For example, if I have 3 messages in my system mailbox, and I read one and exit mailx, i see these messages:
Saved 1 message in /home/users/tiger/mbox
Held 2 messages in /var/spool/mail/tiger
I would like to clean up /var/spool/mail/tiger (leaving most recent 50 messages) without putting anything in /home/users/tiger/mbox. Alternatively, I could completely clean out /var/spool/mail/tiger and put the 50 most recent messages into /home/users/tiger/mbox.

Whichever is easier, i'm not choosy.

Thanks for your time and assistance.

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