[Dovecot] Expire plugin does not delete expired mail

[Nicolas Letellier]

On Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:22:04 +0100
Nicolas Letellier <nicolas at nicoelro.net> wrote:

> Hello.
> 
> I use expire plugin with dovecot 1.1.10. See my dovecot -n:
> 
> # 1.1.10: /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf
> # OS: FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE-p9 i386  ufs
> syslog_facility: local6
> protocols: imap imaps managesieve
> ssl_cert_file: /etc/ssl/mail/mail.domain.net.cert
> ssl_key_file: /etc/ssl/mail/mail.domain.net.key
> disable_plaintext_auth: no
> login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login
> login_executable(default): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login
> login_executable(imap): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login
> login_executable(managesieve): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/managesieve-login
> login_user: dovecot-auth
> login_greeting: Domain mail server
> login_processes_count: 2
> verbose_proctitle: yes
> first_valid_uid: 143
> last_valid_uid: 143
> first_valid_gid: 143
> last_valid_gid: 143
> mail_access_groups: mail
> mail_location: maildir:/var/mail/vmail/%u/
> mail_debug(default): no
> mail_debug(imap): no
> mail_debug(managesieve): yes
> mail_executable(default): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap
> mail_executable(imap): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap
> mail_executable(managesieve): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/managesieve
> mail_plugins(default): quota imap_quota mail_log expire
> mail_plugins(imap): quota imap_quota mail_log expire
> mail_plugins(managesieve):
> mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap
> mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap
> mail_plugin_dir(managesieve): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/managesieve
> imap_client_workarounds(default): delay-newmail outlook-idle netscape-eoh tb-extra-mailbox-sep
> imap_client_workarounds(imap): delay-newmail outlook-idle netscape-eoh tb-extra-mailbox-sep
> imap_client_workarounds(managesieve):
> sieve(default):
> sieve(imap):
> sieve(managesieve): ~/dovecot.sieve
> auth default:
>   mechanisms: plain login
>   master_user_separator: *
>   passdb:
>     driver: passwd-file
>     args: /usr/local/etc/dovecot.masterusers
>     master: yes
>   passdb:
>     driver: sql
>     args: /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf
>   userdb:
>     driver: sql
>     args: /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf
>   socket:
>     type: listen
>     client:
>       path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth
>       mode: 432
>       user: postfix
>     master:
>       path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master
>       mode: 432
>       user: dovecot
>       group: mail
> plugin:
>   quota: maildir
>   quota_rule: *:storage=1000M
>   quota_rule2: Trash:storage=50M
>   quota_warning: storage=80%% /usr/home/scripts/mail_quota-warning.sh 80
>   quota_warning2: storage=90%% /usr/home/scripts/mail_quota-warning.sh 85
>   quota_warning3: storage=95%% /usr/home/scripts/mail_quota-warning.sh 90
>   quota_warning4: storage=95%% /usr/home/scripts/mail_quota-warning.sh 95
>   sieve: /var/mail/vmail/%u/dovecot.sieve
>   expire: Trash 7 Pubs 15 Junk 1
>   expire_dict: proxy::expire
> dict:
>   expire: mysql:/usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-expire.conf
> 
> The expire plugin works with mysql database. The mysql table is used, and expire_stamp are written on it:
> 
> user1 at domain.net/Trash  	1234701558
> user1 at domain.net/Junk 	1234386055
> user2 at domain.net/Trash 	1234874172
> user2 at domain.net/Junk 	1234400921
> user1 at domain.net/Pubs 	1235576243
> 
> I launch /usr/local/sbin/dovecot --exec-mail ext /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/expire-tool every 4 hours. For 3 days, no mails were deleted. However, I have date_stamp in mysql table.
> 
> I dropped ALL my mails in Junk/Trash folder ; and delete all dovecot.index* in these folders. After, I restarted dovecot with expire plugin, and when a first mail arrived in one of these folder, a line is created in mysql table.
> 
> But nothing is deleted in my Trash/Pubs/Junk folder. I'm waiting for 3 days. (first mail arrived in these folder on 2009/02/08).
> 
> Any ideas? Have I to use cronjob/find to delete the expired mail?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> -- 
>  -Nicolas.

Hello.

I'm sorry but I need help for expire plugin. It does not delete 'expired' messages.
Is anybody could help me for this problem?

Thanks a lot.

Regards,

-- 
 -Nicolas.