Thanks Paul.
On 3/24/06, Paul J Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > _______________________________________________ > Dbmail mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.fastxs.nl/mailman/listinfo/dbmail >
