Hi Dunc, That is perfect, I will try that. Thanks. Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2007 12:17:00 +0000 From: Dunc <centos at duncb.co.uk> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Maildir Cleanup To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> Message-ID: <45C47D3C.4020300 at duncb.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Jun Salen wrote: > Hi all, > > I found an article (with python script) on how to > clean up Maildir folder > for old email messages from > http://www.ducea.com/2006/11/25/cleanup-maildir-folders-archive-delete-old-mails/ > . As I understand, this will be run by each user > after login. How can I make this runs at least once a > month and > delete all users message with age more than one month > for example using crontab? I am using Postfix, > MailScanner, SpamAssassin, Courier IMAP/POP3, ClamAV > and CentOS4.4 as mail server. If you need further > input, please just let me know. Thanks in advance for > help. Thanks. > > junji > linux registered user #253162 > > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Why not just use the IMAP_EMPTYTRASH option in imapd? >From the imapd config file: > ##NAME: IMAP_EMPTYTRASH:0 > # > # The following setting is optional, and causes messages from the given > # folder to be automatically deleted after the given number of days. > # IMAP_EMPTYTRASH is a comma-separated list of folder:days. The default > # setting, below, purges 7 day old messages from the Trash folder. > # Another useful setting would be: > # > # IMAP_EMPTYTRASH=Trash:7,Sent:30 > # > # This would also delete messages from the Sent folder (presumably copies > # of sent mail) after 30 days. This is a global setting that is > applied to > # every mail account, and is probably useful in a controlled, corporate > # environment. > # > # Important: the purging is controlled by CTIME, not MTIME (the file time > # as shown by ls). It is perfectly ordinary to see stuff in Trash that's > # a year old. That's the file modification time, MTIME, that's displayed. > # This is generally when the message was originally delivered to this > # mailbox. Purging is controlled by a different timestamp, CTIME, > which is > # changed when the file is moved to the Trash folder (and at other > times too). > # > # You might want to disable this setting in certain situations - it > results > # in a stat() of every file in each folder, at login and logout. > # > > IMAP_EMPTYTRASH=Trash:7,Sent:30 I dont use courier any more but back when I did I used it to delete mailing list messages more than 6 months old hope this helps Dunc junji linux registered user #253162 Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com