Deleting messages "marked for deletion" older than X days

[Kenneth Marshall]

I think that the cyr_expire command may be what you are searching
for.

Ken

On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 03:35:20PM -0600, Gerard Beekmans wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am looking for a way to run a daily script on the Cyrus IMAP server 
> that processes every user's mail folders and deletes every message 
> marked for deletion older than X days.
> 
> I realize the proper way to do this is client-side and have the client 
> program purge/expunge the mailboxes periodically in some fashion.
> 
> Unfortunately in the corporate world there are many clients who still 
> use old versions of Outlook that only marks a message for deletion and 
> will not automatically purge the folder.
> 
> To force users to manually purge every single folder they have, one 
> folder at a time as some versions of Outlook can't do this recursively, 
> is not a feasible option. Users just stopped doing this because it 
> becomes too time consuming a task.
> 
> So I'm looking for a server-side solution that analyzes every mail 
> folder on the system, finds marked messages older than X days and 
> purges/deletes them on the client's behalf.
> 
> Some pointers are appreciated. I can write the scripts (shell, perl, 
> whatever) myself if need be, just need to know how to start going about 
> obtaining such a specific list of messages.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -- 
> Gerard Beekmans
> IT Manager
> Achilles Media
> Tel: 403-678-1216 ext. 102
> Email: gbeekmans at achillesmedia.com
> 
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