[Dovecot] remove old files

[Pascal Volk]

On 03/18/2011 02:16 PM Stéphane Guedon wrote:
> Hello
> 
> I use the dovecot 2.0.10 server and wonder how to clean up correctly the old 
> mails (especially for spam folder).
> 
> I use maildir storage, and wonder if deleting files with an rm and file command 
> combinaison would be good or would corrupt indexes files/whatever.
> 
> for exemple, the spam folder is in ~/.mail/.INBOX.spam/
> 
> Thus, can I "cd ~/.mail/.INBOX.spam/ && rm 'files older than 2 months' " or 
> something else ?
> 
> Thanks.

Have a look at: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Tools/Doveadm/Expunge


Regards,
Pascal
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