I think that the cyr_expire command may be what you are searching for. Ken On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 03:35:20PM -0600, Gerard Beekmans wrote: > Hi, > > I am looking for a way to run a daily script on the Cyrus IMAP server > that processes every user's mail folders and deletes every message > marked for deletion older than X days. > > I realize the proper way to do this is client-side and have the client > program purge/expunge the mailboxes periodically in some fashion. > > Unfortunately in the corporate world there are many clients who still > use old versions of Outlook that only marks a message for deletion and > will not automatically purge the folder. > > To force users to manually purge every single folder they have, one > folder at a time as some versions of Outlook can't do this recursively, > is not a feasible option. Users just stopped doing this because it > becomes too time consuming a task. > > So I'm looking for a server-side solution that analyzes every mail > folder on the system, finds marked messages older than X days and > purges/deletes them on the client's behalf. > > Some pointers are appreciated. I can write the scripts (shell, perl, > whatever) myself if need be, just need to know how to start going about > obtaining such a specific list of messages. > > Thanks, > > -- > Gerard Beekmans > IT Manager > Achilles Media > Tel: 403-678-1216 ext. 102 > Email: gbeekmans@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > ---- > Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ > Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki > List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html > ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
