I'm interested in replacing my cron script that expunges old
deleted mail with the new feature announced in 2.2.20
+ Added mailbox { autoexpunge=<time> } setting. See
http://wiki2.dovecot.org/MailboxSettings for details.
To use it, I need to specify which mailbox needs them using
the namespace configuration. For example
namespace inbox {
mailbox Trash {
auto = no
special_use = \Trash
autoexpunge = 7d
mailbox_list_index = yes
}
mailbox trash {
auto = no
special_use = \Trash
autoexpunge = 7d
mailbox_list_index = yes
}
mailbox "Deleted Messages" {
auto = no
special_use = \Trash
autoexpunge = 7d
mailbox_list_index = yes
}
mailbox "Deleted Items" {
auto = no
special_use = \Trash
autoexpunge = 7d
mailbox_list_index = yes
}
...
}
Different readers use different mailboxes, so I include the common ones.
Some questions:
1) Do I need the special_user configuration at all? Will some
clients start using different mailboxes to store deleted mail
if I keep the special_use lines?
2) I also expunge old mail in INBOX marked as deleted -- is
there any way to handle this case? Create virtual mailbox?
Joseph Tam <jtam.h...@gmail.com>
