[Dovecot] Compact all maildirs with dovecot-1.0.9?

[Ed W]

Jeff Kowalczyk wrote:
> I'm running dovecot-1.0.9 on Gentoo Linux. 
>
> I recently observed a large increase in disk usage on this dedicated
> mailserver. I attribute it to high spam traffic and/or large attachments
> for legit email retained on the server.
>
> How can I run a command equivalent to an IMAP client's 'Compact Folder'
> on the entire tree of maildirs under each /home/(user)?
>   

Deleted items gets a flag against them (look at the name).  You could 
use the find command to locate all such deleted items and purge them..?

Ed W