On 09 Dec 2015, at 01:36, Joseph Tam <jtam.h...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> 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
> }
mailbox_list_index=yes is a global setting. You can't have it here.
> ...
> }
>
> 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?
special_use is independent of the autoexpunge. I guess it wouldn't necessarily
hurt.. but it's also somewhat better to have only a single \Trash mailbox so
clients don't become confused when more than one of those mailboxes exist.
> 2) I also expunge old mail in INBOX marked as deleted -- is
> there any way to handle this case? Create virtual mailbox?
I guess a virtual mailbox might work. I haven't really thought of it.
