[Dovecot] replacement for IMAP_EMPTYTRASH=Trash:7

[Rody]

Op vrijdag 8 februari 2008 00:43, schreef Steve Annessa:
> Use mail-expire.

According to
http://linuxappfinder.com/package/mail-expire
this is an app for mbox files. I'm using maildir folders, so it doesn't look 
like it's usable in my case.

Rody

>
> 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