[Dovecot] Post-login scripting - Trash cleanup

[list at airstreamcomm.net]

On Tue, 28 Feb 2012 19:26:11 +0100, Robert Schetterer
<robert at schetterer.org> wrote:
> Am 28.02.2012 19:11, schrieb list at airstreamcomm.net:
>> We are considering using the post-login scripting to clear trash older
>> than 90 days from user accounts.  has anyone done this, and if so did
>> this
>> cause logins to slow down too much waiting for the trash to purge?  One
>> idea was to execute the trash purge script once a day by tracking their
>> logins and seeing that it has already ran that day.  Another idea was
to
>> call the trash purge script in the background and continue without
>> acknowledging that it has finished to keep logins speedy.
> 
> look here if this match/solve your problem
> 
> http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Plugins/Expire

Expire looks to be useful, but it appears to be something that enhances
expunging of messages rather than automates the process if I am reading
correctly.  We would like to make the process for expunging old Trash
messages as automated and inline as possible.