On 09 Dec 2015, at 01:36, Joseph Tam jtam.home@gmail.com wrote:
I'm interested in replacing my cron script that expunges old deleted mail with the new feature announced in 2.2.20
- Added mailbox { autoexpunge=<time> } setting. See http://wiki2.dovecot.org/MailboxSettings for details.
To use it, I need to specify which mailbox needs them using the namespace configuration. For example
namespace inbox { mailbox Trash { auto = no special_use = \Trash autoexpunge = 7d mailbox_list_index = yes } mailbox trash { auto = no special_use = \Trash autoexpunge = 7d mailbox_list_index = yes } mailbox "Deleted Messages" { auto = no special_use = \Trash autoexpunge = 7d mailbox_list_index = yes } mailbox "Deleted Items" { auto = no special_use = \Trash autoexpunge = 7d mailbox_list_index = yes }
mailbox_list_index=yes is a global setting. You can't have it here.
...}
Different readers use different mailboxes, so I include the common ones. Some questions:
- Do I need the special_user configuration at all? Will some clients start using different mailboxes to store deleted mail if I keep the special_use lines?
special_use is independent of the autoexpunge. I guess it wouldn't necessarily hurt.. but it's also somewhat better to have only a single \Trash mailbox so clients don't become confused when more than one of those mailboxes exist.
- I also expunge old mail in INBOX marked as deleted -- is there any way to handle this case? Create virtual mailbox?
I guess a virtual mailbox might work. I haven't really thought of it.