zamri wrote: > Thanks. I got it. Some more to clear... > > In many clients, the mails deleted are not actually *deleted*. It is > moved to Trash folder. I think they are not marked as DELETE at this > point right? When we delete the mails in Trash folder, then they are > marked as DELETE right? after that we have to run dbmail-util -dy to > mark them as PURGE? then run once again to actually delete them. am i > right?
No. You need to run dbmail-util -py to actually delete messages marked PURGE from the database. > > Is there any way to jump from from status 2 to actually delete them? > dbmail-util -py ? dbmail-util -py will only delete messages set to status 3 to jump from status=2 to full deletion do: dbmail-util -dy dbmail-util -py after each other. > > On 3/23/06, *Matthew Sayler* < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 23, 2006 at 03:44:29PM +0100, Paul J Stevens wrote: > > zamri wrote: > > > I am not completely understand the deletion process. If a mail get > > > deleted, it is not deleted but just marked PURGE?. > > > > It is marked DELETE. > > > > > The administrator > > > should run cron job to clean on an interval. If this is not run, the > > > mail will not be deleted ? > > > > Correct. The message will remain in status DELETE. > > > > > what is the status 2 and 3? > > > > status DELETE = 2: message is marked for deletion > > status PURGE = 3: message is marked for final removal > > > > So: > > > > IMAP command DELETE sets a message status=2 > > > > dbmail-util -dy sets the message status=3 > > dbmail-util -py removes the message all together. > > zamri: > > Also note that if you run dbmail-util -ay daily (as recommended by > the install > instructions) this means that messages will be removed from the > database > after 2 days (day 1 status => 3, day 2 => purge). It's a nice bit of > insurance, IMO. > > Matt > > _______________________________________________ > Dbmail mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://mailman.fastxs.nl/mailman/listinfo/dbmail > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Dbmail mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.fastxs.nl/mailman/listinfo/dbmail -- ________________________________________________________________ Paul Stevens paul at nfg.nl NET FACILITIES GROUP GPG/PGP: 1024D/11F8CD31 The Netherlands________________________________http://www.nfg.nl
