[Dovecot] n00b here -- pop email deletion

[Duane Hill]

Sunday, July 10, 2011, 7:09:37 PM, Michael wrote:

> On 07/10/2011 07:59 PM, Glenn English wrote:
>> 
>> On Jul 10, 2011, at 5:52 PM, Michael Orlitzky wrote:
>> 
>>> You can do things on the server to mitigate damage from people who
>>> check the "leave messages on server for eternity" box, but
>>> generally, this is a client preference.
>> 
>> What things can I do on the server? Many of my people use Macs, and
>> there's nothing (I can find) in the iMail config to turn off the
>> eternity switch.
>> 

> With POP3, they don't have a "Trash" folder so you're probably stuck
> setting a quota[1].

> You could also run a cron job or maybe use the expire plugin to get rid
> of old messages, but that would likely piss someone off eventually.

> And, I guess, if they're leaving *every* message on the server, you
> could switch them to IMAP. They can't possibly leave any more stuff on
> there, right?


> [1] http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Quota

Actually, you should have linked to http://wiki1.dovecot.org/Quota.
http://wiki2.dovecot.org is used for Dovecot v2.0.

The OP is using Dovecot 1.x. But, I see the OP in the latest message
response has found the setting in the email client.

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