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From: Jamie Heckford <jamie@tridentmicrosystems.co.uk>
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To: ODHIAMBO Washington <wash@wananchi.com>
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On Friday 23 May 2003 5:19 pm, ODHIAMBO Washington wrote:
> Hiya ISP Admins,
>
>
> Apart from using `find`, I am wondering if someone already owns the whe=
el
> that can expire mail older than N number of days from users Maildir.
> I used to use one by Phil Male of Information Systems Engineering Group
> which was well adapted for mbox-type mailboxes, but now I have changed =
to
> Maildir/
>
> Thanks in advance for any pointers.
>

We use a tool called archivemail (/usr/ports/mail/archivemail).

I wrote a script that loops through all usernames and logs in via IMAP an=
d=20
deletes messages older than 30 days.

Cheers,

Jamie