Wow, thank you. That was an impressive answer which helped ;) Thanks. On Tue, Apr 16, 2024 at 9:30 AM Nic Bernstein <nic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Michael, > You haven't given us much information to go on. > > Which version of Cyrus? > Did you install from distribution packages (i.e. debs on Ubuntu/Debian or rpm on Redhat)? > > Some distros have different default settings > > What is 'delete_mode' set to? (I'm guessing "delayed" but still worth asking) > > Allowed values: immediate, delayed* > > What is 'expunge_mode' set to? > > Allowed values: default, immediate, delayed* > > Have you got any 'cyr_expire' jobs in cyrus.conf? > > The precise commands may vary by distro > > On Debian/Ubuntu systems look like this (using "cyrus expire") whereas others may use "cyr_expire": > > # Expire data older than 28 days. > deleteprune cmd="/usr/sbin/cyrus expire -E 4 -D 28" at=0430 > expungeprune cmd="/usr/sbin/cyrus expire -E 4 -X 28" at=0445 > > Assuming you have typical annotations, you should be able to use the 'cyr_expire' command directly. Here's the man page for it: > > https://www.cyrusimap.org/imap/reference/manpages/systemcommands/cyr_expire.html > > On my Ubuntu system a command to remove all deleted mailboxes older than 1 minute might be: > > $ sudo cyrus expire -a -D 1m > > Cheers, > -nic > > On 4/16/24 08:00, Ml Ml via Info wrote: > > Hello, > > how can i purge /var/spool/cyrus/mail/u/DELETED/user.* > manually/immediately from the filesystem? > > Thanks, > Michael > > -- > Nic Bernstein nic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://www.nicbernstein.com > > Cyrus / Info / see discussions + participants + delivery options Permalink ------------------------------------------ Cyrus: Info Permalink: https://cyrus.topicbox.com/groups/info/T902167a25c81fa9a-Ma8a28c0bb100460137b60a19 Delivery options: https://cyrus.topicbox.com/groups/info/subscription
