on 5-20-2009 7:26 AM J.P. Trosclair spake the following: > Romer Ventura wrote: >> Hello, >> >> My storage is running low and i was wondering what would be the best >> and easy way of deleting everything within the "deleted" and >> "expunged" folders for every user...? >> >> My mail resides in: /srv/mail/vmail/MYDOMAIN.COM/<users>/Maildir/ >> >> Thanks..! > > You can probably just delete everything in the respective maildir > folders (.../<users>/Maildir/[.Deleted|.Expunged]) on the file system > for each user without trouble. I've personally just wiped entire maildir > folders before (in a development environment) without a noticeable problem. > > I've just executed (with dovecot running): > > rm -rf cur/ new/ *.index* > > on the inbox of a user on a development server, then logged in with IMAP > and dovecot re-created the necessary files and folders, no errors in the > logs. I'd still test it on a fake account on your server to how your > version of dovecot behaves before committing to this action. > > Also, your users might not be too happy with you if you wipe their > deleted mail, but that's between you and them. The deleted items folder > is synonymous to "My Personal Email Archive" for most of our users.
I also have that problem with users. I try and tell them that a trashcan is not a storage container, but unless you set a policy and enforce it, you really can't change their minds.
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