This is the list of frequently asked questions about stmpclean.
Before you ask your question, please consult this.

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> I get this error when I run ./stmpclean -t 3w /var/spool/mail

> stmpclean[24030]: RACE?: unlink("tcal") in /var/spool/mail:
> Permission denied, exiting

Stmpclean has not been designed to be run over mail spools!

You should *not* run stmpclean on /var/spool/mail.  You are risking
deleting precious mail files.  You're going to delete *all* mail in
the system mailbox of all users who haven't gotten new mail (or
changed their mailbox by reading it and, say, deleting a message)
in three weeks.

If you insist on doing exactly that, you can use stmpclean, but you
must set permissions on /var/spool/mail as they are normally set on
/tmp.  You better do a backup before you delete people's mail.

* Do "ls -ld /var/spool/mail"; notice the permissions on the
  directory.

* Change the permissions: "chmod 1777 /var/spool/mail".

* Run stmpclean.

* Set permissions back to what they were.  E.g., for "drwxrwxr-x"
  you'd say "chmod 775 /var/spool/mail".

* Respond to angry users' questions as to where their mail is now
  gone.


> Will stmpclean run on <insert your favorite system here>?

See list of supported platforms in the README file, which accompanies
the distribution.
