[Dovecot] replacement for IMAP_EMPTYTRASH=Trash:7

[Steve Annessa]

Use mail-expire.

On Feb 7, 2008 5:58 PM, Rody <rody at xs4all.nl> wrote:

> While running dovecot on debian etch using version 1.0.rc15-2etch3, i
> wonder
> the following:
>
> If i read the config files correctly, dovecot seems to have no equivalent
> of
> courier's IMAP_EMPTYTRASH=Trash:7 setting.
> Therefore, i wrote a script that dives into the user's directories and
> their
> maildirs. It looks like this:
> =============================================
> #!/bin/bash
>
> for pad1 in $(ls /home)
>  do
>  if [ -e "/home/$pad1/Maildir/.Prullenbak" ]
>   then find "/home/$pad1/Maildir/.Prullenbak/cur" -mtime +2 -type f
> -delete
>        find "/home/$pad1/Maildir/.Prullenbak/new" -mtime +2 -type f
> -delete
>  fi
>  if [ -e "/home/$pad1/Maildir/.Allerlei.Spam" ]
>   then find "/home/$pad1/Maildir/.Allerlei.Spam/cur" -mtime +2 -type
> f -delete
>        find "/home/$pad1/Maildir/.Allerlei.Spam/new" -mtime +2 -type
> f -delete
>  fi
>  done
> ============================================
> Now, can i just put a script like this in /etc/hourly or do i have to add
> things like stopping the dovecot deamon (i sure hope not!) in order to
> prevent file-corruption?
>
> Or has dovecot in the meantime got a config option that does this just
> like
> courier does?
>
> Rody
>