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?

Rody