Hi Ken, From the description it seems like cyr_expire will apply to every email in a mailbox. I don't want to delete any regular emails other than the ones already marked for deletion by an email client who is lacking a decent purge feature. Gerard Beekmans IT Manager Achilles Media Tel: 403-678-1216 ext. 102 Email: gbeekmans@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Kenneth Marshall wrote: > 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
