On Fri, 2005-12-30 at 11:41 +0800, Chris Purves wrote: > On 30/12/05, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I am running courier IMAP using maildirs. I would like to know what > > > is the best way for removing mail from the trash folder that are older > > > than six months. > > > > Is this for a personal system or an ISP/company/email-host? > > personal > > > If person system: it's *trash*, don't store old stuff in it! > > Well, I prefer to do it anyway, for personal reasons. ;-)
Tsk tsk. You'll be mighty peeved at yourself if you ever accidentally set your MUA to "Empty trash on exit"... > > If business, and you are telling users "Trash older than 180 days > > will be automatically deleted", you should use the IMAP protocol > > to do it. The mailing list for the imapd that you use would be > > the place to ask the proper way to do it. > > I will do that. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA If 1/2 of all US marriages end in divorce, and there are a good number of 3rd, 4th, etc marriages, then more than 1/2 of all 1st marriages will be permanent. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]