[ILUG] script or utility to delete POP mail

[Ivan Kelly]

#!/bin/sh
echo DEFANGED.19
exit
#!/usr/bin/python

import getpass, poplib

M = poplib.POP3('servername')
M.user(getpass.getuser())
M.pass_(getpass.getpass())
numMessages = len(M.list()[1])
for i in range(numMessages):
    for j in M.dele(i+1)[1]:
        print j
M.quit()

On Wed, Aug 03, 2005 at 04:12:40PM +0100, Denis Hennessy wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> 
> I have old email account which I had stopped using for several years
> because of spam which I've just realised I need to reactivate (I
> forgot to update internic...). However, a quick telnet to the POP port
> shows that I have 53MB of spam waiting for me. I don't have server
> access to the machine so I can't just go and delete the mailbox. I
> also don't have a way of asking the server admins to delete the
> mailbox (because the account was terminated years ago....).
> 
> So, what I'd like to do is have something connect as a POP client and
> delete every mail automatically. It sounds like something that one of
> you might have run across before - any ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> Denis
> --
> Irish Linux Users' Group
> http://www.linux.ie/mailman/listinfo/ilug/
>