How to remove messages through SSH in Windows OS to correct being over quota.
To get started, you will need a copy of SSH Secure Shell. If you do not have this application, you may download SSH Secure Shell from HSU Information Technology Services.
1. Open SSH Secure Shell. you will see this screen:
2. Press Enter on your keyboard to open up a connection box:
3. Enter axe.humboldt.edu under host name, and your HSU User Name under User Name.
Click on "Connect" to continue. If this is your first time using SSH, you may be presented with a "Host Identification" screen. You can press "Yes" to continue.
4. Enter your HSU User Name Password at the prompt:
5. After entering your password, you will see a screen similar to this one:
6. From here, you will only be using your keyboard to type commands. To begin, type pine and hit enter. You should see this screen:
7. Press enter again while Folder List is highlighted. This will bring up your list of folders. To select a folder, use the arrow keys on your keyboard. Select the INBOX folder. It should look like this:
8. Press enter. This will show you a list of your email messages:
9. From here, we can begin deleting messages. You can see the size of your messages in parentheses.
Students are allocated a 10 MB quota, Staff and Faculty are given 50 MB. Messages displaying an (M) in the parenthesis are most likely responsible for you being over quota, as they are over a megabyte. However, many smaller messages, listed as (K), can also lead to you being over quota.
To mark a message for deletion, highlight the message using your up and down arrow keys, and press the D key. You will notice that on the left hand column, a D will appear next to that message.
When you are done selecting the messages you would like to delete, you can then press the X key to permanently delete these messages from your mailbox. To verify, the following message will appear at the bottom of your screen. Type Y to continue:
10. If successful, you should see this:
11. From here, you can type Q to quit pine. It will ask you if you really want to quit. Type Y to continue:
12. To make sure that you are under quota, type quota and press enter. You will see a screen similar to this:
13. Your quota is listed under the quota column. The actual size of your mailboxes are listed under the blocks column. As long as the numbers in the blocks column are smaller than the numbers in the quota column, you're fine.
