[SOLVED] Re: ipurge difficulties

[Javier Angulo]

On 11/21/18 2:38 PM, James B. Byrne via Info-cyrus wrote:
> 
> 
> On Wed, November 21, 2018 03:25, Javier Angulo wrote:
>>
>> On 11/20/18 3:29 PM, James B. Byrne via Info-cyrus wrote:
>>> # sudo -u cyrus /usr/local/cyrus/sbin/ipurge -v -f -d 35
>>> 'user/x/INBOX^Trash'
>>> # echo $?
>>> 0
>>>
>>> What is happening here?
>>
>> Probably you have to use a '.' instead of '^'
>>
>> try:
>> # sudo -u cyrus /usr/local/cyrus/sbin/ipurge -v -f -d 35
>> 'user/*/INBOX.Trash'
>>
> 
> Thank you. That was it exactly.
> 
> My next question is: Why did the conversion to imap3 ignore users'
> existing Trash folder and create a new folder named INBOX^Trash for
> everyone; and likewise with Drafts and Sent?
> 


mmm we have upgraded quite a few mailboxes and never had that thing.
Just speculating but could be related to new defaults

unixhierarchysep: on
altnamespace: on

We had both on before upgrading.

check https://www.cyrusimap.org/3.0/imap/download/upgrade.html

Cheers