command line deletion of files

[Patrick Boutilier]

On 09/29/2016 11:27 AM, Shawn Bakhtiar via Info-cyrus wrote:
> Good morning,
>
> trying to get rid of some emails that have large attachments (i.e. videos sent over email, or cd images, etc...)
>
> Would it be proper to
>
> rm -rf /var/spool/imap/u/username/mailbox/4321.
>
> then
>
> reconstruct -rf user.username
>
> Or is there a more "proper" way using cyrus?

Not sure about deleting a single message but you can use ipurge to 
delete messages based on size. Good to use in a script to parses the 
mail spool.





IPURGE(8) 
IPURGE(8)

  *

NAME
        ipurge - delete mail from IMAP mailbox or partition based on age 
or size

SYNOPSIS
        ipurge [ -f ] [ -C config-file ] [ -x ] [ -X ] [ -i ] [ -s ] [ -o ]
               [ -d days | -b bytes | -k Kbytes | -m Mbytes ]
               [ mailbox-pattern...  ]

DESCRIPTION
        Ipurge  deletes messages from the mailbox(es) specified by 
mailbox-pattern that are older or larger than specified by the -d, -b, 
-k or -m options.  If no mailbox-pattern
        is given, ipurge works on all mailboxes.  If the -x option is 
given, the message age and size MUST match exactly those specified by 
-d, -b, -k or -m.  The are no  default
        values, and at least one of -d, -b, -k or -m MUST be specified.

        Ipurge  by default only deletes mail below shared folders, which 
means that mails in mailbox(es) below INBOX.* and user.* stay untouched. 
Use the option -f to also delete
        mail in mailbox(es) below these folders.

        Ipurge reads its configuration options out of the imapd.conf(5) 
file unless specified otherwise by -C.

OPTIONS
        -f     Force deletion of mail in all mailboxes.

        -C config-file
               Read configuration options from config-file.

        -d days
               Age of message in days.

        -b bytes
               Size of message in bytes.

        -k Kbytes
               Size of message in Kbytes (2^10 bytes).

        -m Mbytes
               Size of message in Mbytes (2^20 bytes).

        -x     Perform an exact match on age or size (instead of older 
or larger).

        -X     Use delivery time instead of Date: header for date matches

        -i     Invert match logic: -x means not equal, date is for 
newer, size is for smaller

        -s     Skip over messages that have the \Flagged flag set.

        -o     Only purge messages that have the \Deleted flag set.






>
> Thanks,
> Shawn
>
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