See
https://doc.dovecot.org/2.4.0/core/config/namespaces.html#mailbox_autoexpunge
And while it says "expunge", it really means delete and expunge.
Aki
> On 19/02/2025 08:07 EET Ted Hatfield via dovecot <dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote:
>
>
> I thought that expunging messages would only work on messages flagged as
> deleted. Just being in the Deleted Messages folder would not necessarily
> mark the messages with the deleted flag. Or does the auto expunge feature
> work differently than I expect it to?
>
> Ted
>
> > On Feb 18, 2025, at 2:00 PM, dovecot--- via dovecot <dovecot@dovecot.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >>
> >> I have the following in 15-mailboxes.config:
> >> mailbox Trash {
> >> special_use = \Trash
> >> autoexpunge = 30 days
> >> }
> >> I thought that would empty the deleted emails after 30 days. However, I
> >> find that in .Deleted Messages/cur there are over 18K messages dating back
> >> to the 90's. What do I need to set to make the autoexpunge work?
> >
> >
> > Try changing '30 days' to '30d' and see if that makes a difference.
> >
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