[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> well, I did reinstall it from a pretty generic configure to:
>
> --enable-softtimeout=7200 --enable-hardtimeout=14400 \
> --enable-autopurge=1 --enable-maxpurge=5
>
> On those last two options, I had thought it would make the default user
> preference to autopurge the trash after one day, with the option to change
> it up to 5 days. Instead, it shows the default config of 5 days, which
Once you've set the options in the account, they take a life of their own.
The configure script settings would only take effect for new accounts.
Existing accounts are not affected.
> I then changed to 1, but there are still messages in the trash more than a
> day old.
The message's date is ignored. The timestamp when the message was moved
into trash is what counts (the mail can be dated a year ago).
--
Sam