On 7.8.2013, at 11.22, Răzvan Sandu <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Tue, 06 Aug 2013 19:18:15 +0200, Pascal Volk a scris:
> 
>> There is also the -A option, see
>> http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Tools/Doveadm/Expunge#section_options
> 
> 
> Thank you, but doveadm expunge will ask for the mailbox name:
> 
> [root@mail1 ~]# doveadm expunge -u [email protected] ON 2013-08-07
> doveadm(root): Fatal: expunge: To avoid accidents, search query must
> contain MAILBOX in all search branches

Add: mailbox '*'

> Also for the correct search criteria: should I use SAVEDBEFORE or
> SENTBEFORE ?

If they are POP3 only, then SAVEDBEFORE and BEFORE and the same. SENTBEFORE 
usually is also almost the same, except if the mail has been stuck in queues 
for a while or if the sender's clock is wrong. So better not use it.

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