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On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 11:00:55AM -0800, Bill Campbell wrote:
> Number one above will do the trick and is far more efficient than using the
> ``find ...-exec'', although you might want to modify it to only nuke mail
> over a certain age.  To nuke all trash over 30 days old:
> 
> 	find /home/*/Maildir/.Trash -type f -mtime +30 | xargs rm

Using '-delete' rather than 'find ... | xargs rm' should be more efficient
still:

    find /home/*/Maildir/.Trash -type f -mtime +30 -delete

Ol.

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