On Mon, January 18, 2010 04:28, ram wrote: > > > > I think you mean ipurge (not impurge) Yes, ipurge is the actual name. > Even I had exactly the same issue .. I modified ipurge.c a bit so > that it will expect a "-r" switch to recurse through subfolders > along with "-f" else "-f" works only on the inbox > > I have a workaroud patch to ipurge.c I can share .. but *absolutely > no guarantee* that it will work for you Thank you very much. >From what I have read this problem is raised quite frequently. I would think that simply providing an "-F" option that acted as "-f" without recursion would suffice. This would preserve the present "-f" behaviour so that existing scripts are not affected. Is there any design reason why the ability to simply purge only the INBOX is not provided? -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3 ---- 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