visit qmail.org site there are lots of scripts that might of help to you. jett tayer
Jan dela Cruz wrote: > yes guys i know quotas are for housekeeping. but with quotas, when a > mailbox reaches that limit, incoming mails to him will bounce with quota > error of course. > > what i am thinking is a tool/script that would run thru all the > mailboxes/accounts/inboxes at /var/spool/mail and then see if a maibox has > an 8 day-old or more message, and if there is, automatically purge that in > his inbox, thereby the user can't get anymore an old email. my objective > here is to teach users to 'regularly or daily' download their emails and > don't leave copy on the server. > > this is very much different from quota. > > are there such? where to acquire from? > > thanks in advance > > -----Original Message----- > From: Victor Tayer > Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 1:23 PM > Subject: Re: [plug] mail purge > > if it's for housekeeping, use quotas instead > > -----Original Message----- > From: neuroticimbecile > Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 12:08 PM > Subject: Re: [plug] mail purge > > if the goal is preventing your mailboxes from growing large, > people usually just enable quotas for the mailboxes. > > _ > Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph > To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- "We penguinistas sometimes believe we are having more fun than anybody. But then I lean over the fence and discover the FreeBSD folks are having a hell of a party, too. And their OS is as fast as I have seen." http://sycorax.ath.cx/200112/linux_vs_freebsd.html by Moshe Bar, <http://www.moelabs.com> _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
