On 08/06/2013 06:31 PM Răzvan Sandu wrote:
> …
> Implementing filesystem quotas is not an option because a. presently,
> all virtual users share same UID/GID on the server and b. administrative
> reasons (the "full quota" situation may occur unexpectedly and this is
> not tolerable in corporate policy).
Use Dovecot's quota plugin - which supports different backends. Each
user may have a different quota limit.
* http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Quota
> So I need EITHER:
>
> 1. a method of downloading locally *all* messages from the server
> (incoming, sent, trash, drafts, etc.) to the workstation, when the user
> consults his/her mailbox from a POP3 desktop client, thus completely
> *emptying* the user's mailbox on the server
Usually only the INBOX is visible via POP3 …
> OR
>
> 2. an automatic, elegant but forceful method of deleting all messages
> older than X days (incoming, sent, trash, drafts, etc.)
There is the expire plugin for Dovecot.
* http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Plugins/Expire
> I've tried to use a line such as:
>
> doveadm expunge -u [email protected] before 4w
>
> run as root, from a script in crontab, but for "expunge" doveadm won't
> let me skip the "-u" parameter (to perform the expunge for *all* users).
>
>
> Could you please help? Any sugestion is welcomed.
There is also the -A option, see
http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Tools/Doveadm/Expunge#section_options
Regards,
Pascal
--
The trapper recommends today: [email protected]
