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Operating Systems Solaris How to delete all mail at once? Post 302772296 by GP81 on Monday 25th of February 2013 03:07:39 AM
Old 02-25-2013
Maybe something like this, but I'm not sure is this the best way.
Code:
# cd /var/mail
# > root

I assume that we are talking about root account.
You can backup this file before you clear it.
 

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asadmin-delete-javamail-resource(1AS)				   User Commands			     asadmin-delete-javamail-resource(1AS)

NAME
delete-javamail-resource - removes the JavaMail resource SYNOPSIS
delete-javamail-resource --user admin_user [--password admin_password] [--host localhost][--port 4848] [--secure|-s] [--passwordfile file- name] [--terse=false] [--echo=false] [--interactive] jndi_name Removes the JavaMail resource. This command is supported in remote mode only. OPTIONS
--user authorized domain application server administrative username. --password password to administer the domain application server. --host machine name where the domain application server is running. --port port number of the domain application server listening for administration requests. --secure if true, uses SSL/TLS to communicate with the domain application server. --passwordfile file containing the domain application server password. --terse indicates that any output data must be very concise, typically avoiding human-friendly sentences and favoring well- formatted data for consumption by a script. --echo setting to true will echo the command line statement on the standard output. --interactive prompts you for the required options that are not already specified. OPERANDS
jndi_name JNDI name of the JavaMail resource to be deleted. Example 1: Using delete-javamail-resource asadmin> delete-javamail-resource --user admin --password adminadmin --host fuyako --port 7070 mail/MyMailSession Command delete-javamail-resource executed successfully Where: mail/MyMailSession is the JavaMail resource deleted. EXIT STATUS
0 command executed successfully 1 error in executing the command asadmin-create-javamail-resource(1AS), asadmin-list-javamail-resources(1AS) J2EE 1.4 SDK March 2004 asadmin-delete-javamail-resource(1AS)
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