[Dovecot] replacement for IMAP_EMPTYTRASH=Trash:7

[Rody]

Op vrijdag 8 februari 2008 03:26, schreef Mark Nienberg:
> Rody 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?
>
> I do something similar with a nightly cron job running a perl script.
> There is no locking for Maildir, so you don't have to worry about that.
>   Some previous discussion on this list suggested that ctime might be
> better than mtime.
>
> Mark

That makes sence. I just realize that the mtime method does not garantee that 
only mails exist in the mailbox which are not older than 3 days. 

Rody