I just gave a basic sample of how he could use the find command to do this.. I am sure someone could make it a little better, it was just a quick off the top of my head script
-John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Shupp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 12:11 PM Subject: Re: [toaster] Auto Expiring Mail > trevor wrote: > > > > > > > Jason 'XenoPhage' Frisvold wrote: > > > >> On Wed, 2004-04-28 at 12:02, trevor wrote: > >> > >> > >>> sure in /usr/lib/courier-imap/etc/imapd edit the line: > >>> > >>> IMAP_EMPTYTRASH=Trash:3,Sent:14,Spam:14 > >>> > >>> in this case trash gets deleted after 3 days, sent in 14, and spam in 14 > >>> > >> > >> > >> Is this for Imap users only? I guess I need to read up a little.. :) > >> > > yes i think IMAP only so someone correct me if i'm wrong > > It is IMAP only. POP does not support server side "folders". However, > keep in mind that the deletion will only occur when the user logs in via > IMAP. So, if they don't log in for a while, it's possible for the > mailbox to fill up and bounce messages even though some messages should > be deleted due to age. > > Ideally, the local delivery agent could handle this. But it does add a > bit of overhead for *every* message delivered. I wonder how Yahoo Mail > and the like handle this? Anyone know? > > Probably the most realistic solution is a cron job that runs nightly, as > was previously suggested. That would be pretty easy to script. > > Regards, > > Bill Shupp >
