Leslie Viljoen wrote:

Hi all!

I have a strange problem with Dovecot - deleted messages never seem to get deleted on the server! Deleted messages just seem to get a 'T' at the end of them on the server and remain there, so user mail boxes continue to grow to incredible sizes. Is this a setting I must change somewhere? Must I delete these files manually?

This is an MUA issue, not a Dovecot issue.

This could be handled either via a script on the server side: I run this nightly via cron (as root):

find /home/*/Maildir/ -name "*2,*T*" -type f -exec rm {} \;

Or ensure that your mail client is set to expunge or compact folders on exit. Which MUA are your users using?

In Mozilla or Thunderbird, the setting is:

Under Account Settings, Server Settings (for each account) - check: 'Clean Up ("Expunge") Inbox on Exit'

Other clients may differ, but usually "Clean Up", "Compact", or "Expunge" are the terms utilized.

HTH, -Rick

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