On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 11:52:58AM +1100, Sonia Hamilton wrote:
> * On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 10:39:03AM +1100, Dean Hamstead wrote:
> > Whatever suits your needs *shrug*, you have the flexibility
> > to do things in a way that suits you.
> >
> > rather than deleting them all, you could just auto delete
> > emails over a certain age (expire might be a good word).
> >
> > with mbox this would be interesting, with Maildir
> > very simple.
>
> Here's a script I wrote Yes, script can be improved a lot :-)
>
> #!/bin/bash
>
> for i in z_bak:7 slug:180 sbn:28 root:14 y_spam_definite:28 ; do
> mydir=${i%:*}
> mydays=${i#*:}
> echo $mydir
> echo $mydays
> cd /home/sonia/Maildir/.${mydir}/new
> if [ `pwd` = /home/sonia/Maildir/.${mydir}/new ] ; then
> echo `pwd`
> find . -type f -atime +${mydays} -print0 | xargs -0r rm
> find . -type f -ctime +${mydays} -print0 | xargs -0r rm
> find . -type f -mtime +${mydays} -print0 | xargs -0r rm
> fi
> cd /home/sonia/Maildir/.${mydir}/cur
> if [ `pwd` = /home/sonia/Maildir/.${mydir}/cur ] ; then
> echo `pwd`
> find . -type f -atime +${mydays} -print0 | xargs -0r rm
> find . -type f -ctime +${mydays} -print0 | xargs -0r rm
> find . -type f -mtime +${mydays} -print0 | xargs -0r rm
> fi
> done
archivemail is your friend
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