Expiring old mail in Maildir/
ODHIAMBO Washington
Hiya ISP Admins,
Apart from using `find`, I am wondering if someone already owns the wheel
that can expire mail older than N number of days from users Maildir.
I used to use one by Phil Male of Information Systems Engineering Group
which was well adapted for mbox-type mailboxes, but now I have changed to
Maildir/
Thanks in advance for any pointers.
-Wash
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Joe Miller
Usage: archivemail [options] mailbox [mailbox...]
Moves old mail in IMAP, mbox, MH or maildir-format mailboxes to an
mbox-format
mailbox compressed with gzip.
Options are as follows:
-a, --days-new=NUM archive messages _newer_ than NUM days
(default: 30)
-A, --date-new=DATE archive messages _newer_ than DATE
-d, --days=NUM archive messages older than NUM days
(default: 180)
-D, --date=DATE archive messages older than DATE
-o, --output-dir=DIR directory to store archives (default: same as
original)
-s, --suffix=NAME suffix for archive filename (default: '_archive')
-S, --size=NUM only archive messages NUM bytes or larger
-n, --dry-run don't write to anything - just show what would be
done
-u, --preserve-unread never archive unread messages
--delete delete rather than archive old mail (use with
caution!)
--include-flagged messages flagged important can also be archived
--no-compress do not compress archives with gzip
--warn-duplicate warn about duplicate Message-IDs in the same
mailbox
-v, --verbose report lots of extra debugging information
-q, --quiet quiet mode - print no statistics (suitable for
crontab)
-V, --version display version information
-h, --help display this message
Example: archivemail linux-kernel
This will move all messages older than 180 days to a 'mbox' mailbox
called
'linux-kernel_archive.gz', deleting them from the original
'linux-kernel'
mailbox. If the 'linux-kernel_archive.gz' mailbox already exists, the
newly archived messages are appended.
To archive IMAP mailboxes, format your mailbox argument like this:
imap://username:password@server/mailbox
--
Joe Miller
On Fri, May 23, 2003 at 07:19:00PM +0300, ODHIAMBO Washington wrote:
//
// Hiya ISP Admins,
//
//
// Apart from using `find`, I am wondering if someone already owns the wheel
// that can expire mail older than N number of days from users Maildir.
// I used to use one by Phil Male of Information Systems Engineering Group
// which was well adapted for mbox-type mailboxes, but now I have changed to
// Maildir/
//
// Thanks in advance for any pointers.
//
//
// -Wash
//
// --
// Odhiambo Washington <wa...@wananchi.com> "The box said 'Requires
// Wananchi Online Ltd. www.wananchi.com Windows 95, NT, or better,'
// Tel: +254 2 313985-9 +254 2 313922 so I installed FreeBSD."
// GSM: +254 72 743223 +254 733 744121 This sig is McQ! :-)
//
//
// Stult's Report:
// Our problems are mostly behind us. What we have to do now is
// fight the solutions.
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ODHIAMBO Washington
> http://archivemail.sourceforge.net/
>
> Usage: archivemail [options] mailbox [mailbox...]
> Moves old mail in IMAP, mbox, MH or maildir-format mailboxes to an
> mbox-format mailbox compressed with gzip.
I would like to DELETE the messages and if possible, notify the owner
the same way "expire_mail" did.
If there are no other alternatives then I will seriously look at this
one, but I really need to "put a check on space usage". Archiving them
still uses space.
I know you will suggest I can delete the archive after creating it ;-)
Thanks
-Wash
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Odhiambo Washington <wa...@wananchi.com> "The box said 'Requires
Wananchi Online Ltd. www.wananchi.com Windows 95, NT, or better,'
Tel: +254 2 313985-9 +254 2 313922 so I installed FreeBSD."
GSM: +254 72 743223 +254 733 744121 This sig is McQ! :-)
Uncle Ed's Rule of Thumb:
Never use your thumb for a rule. You'll either hit it with a
hammer or get a splinter in it.
Joe Miller
--delete delete rather than archive old mail (use with
caution!)
--
Joe Miller
On Fri, May 23, 2003 at 07:37:55PM +0300, ODHIAMBO Washington wrote:
// * Joe Miller <jo...@joeym.net> [20030523 19:26]: wrote:
// > http://archivemail.sourceforge.net/
// >
// > Usage: archivemail [options] mailbox [mailbox...]
// > Moves old mail in IMAP, mbox, MH or maildir-format mailboxes to an
// > mbox-format mailbox compressed with gzip.
//
// I would like to DELETE the messages and if possible, notify the owner
// the same way "expire_mail" did.
//
// If there are no other alternatives then I will seriously look at this
// one, but I really need to "put a check on space usage". Archiving them
// still uses space.
//
// I know you will suggest I can delete the archive after creating it ;-)
//
//
// Thanks
//
// -Wash
//
// --
// Odhiambo Washington <wa...@wananchi.com> "The box said 'Requires
// Wananchi Online Ltd. www.wananchi.com Windows 95, NT, or better,'
// Tel: +254 2 313985-9 +254 2 313922 so I installed FreeBSD."
// GSM: +254 72 743223 +254 733 744121 This sig is McQ! :-)
//
//
// Uncle Ed's Rule of Thumb:
// Never use your thumb for a rule. You'll either hit it with a
// hammer or get a splinter in it.
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zi...@one2net.co.ug
if you are worried about space wouldnt something like setquota help ???
so that the user knows how much space they can actually use up, also makes
life easier for you the administrator.
cheers
David
> * Joe Miller <jo...@joeym.net> [20030523 19:26]: wrote:
>> http://archivemail.sourceforge.net/
>>
>> Usage: archivemail [options] mailbox [mailbox...]
>> Moves old mail in IMAP, mbox, MH or maildir-format mailboxes to an
>> mbox-format mailbox compressed with gzip.
>
> I would like to DELETE the messages and if possible, notify the owner
> the same way "expire_mail" did.
>
> If there are no other alternatives then I will seriously look at this
> one, but I really need to "put a check on space usage". Archiving them
> still uses space.
>
> I know you will suggest I can delete the archive after creating it ;-)
>
>
> Thanks
>
> -Wash
>
> --
> Odhiambo Washington <wa...@wananchi.com> "The box said 'Requires
> Wananchi Online Ltd. www.wananchi.com Windows 95, NT, or better,'
> Tel: +254 2 313985-9 +254 2 313922 so I installed FreeBSD."
> GSM: +254 72 743223 +254 733 744121 This sig is McQ! :-)
>
>
> Uncle Ed's Rule of Thumb:
> Never use your thumb for a rule. You'll either hit it with a
> hammer or get a splinter in it.
ODHIAMBO Washington
>
> if you are worried about space wouldnt something like setquota help ???
> so that the user knows how much space they can actually use up, also makes
> life easier for you the administrator.
>
> cheers
>
> David
These users don't have shell accounts, and I do not want to use system
quotas. I use MTA-implemented quota.
-Wash
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will it live?" The other said, "When you have gotten out of the net,
I'll tell you."
Chuck Swiger
> * zi...@one2net.co.ug <zi...@one2net.co.ug> [20030523 19:47]: wrote:
>>if you are worried about space wouldnt something like setquota help ???
>>so that the user knows how much space they can actually use up, also makes
>>life easier for you the administrator.
>
> quotas. I use MTA-implemented quota.
MTA's generally don't implement user quotas. In fact, a MTA like
sendmail doesn't even perform local delivery: the LDA, such as procmail
or mail.local does. Procmail or mail.local doesn't implement quotas
either: they depend on the system to provide that functionality.
-Chuck
Nielsen
antiquated enough to require a uid on the system for every account.
Cheers
Nate
ODHIAMBO Washington
> ODHIAMBO Washington wrote:
> >* zi...@one2net.co.ug <zi...@one2net.co.ug> [20030523 19:47]: wrote:
> >>if you are worried about space wouldnt something like setquota help ???
> >>so that the user knows how much space they can actually use up, also makes
> >>life easier for you the administrator.
> >
> >These users don't have shell accounts, and I do not want to use system
> >quotas. I use MTA-implemented quota.
>
> MTA's generally don't implement user quotas. In fact, a MTA like
> sendmail doesn't even perform local delivery: the LDA, such as procmail
> or mail.local does. Procmail or mail.local doesn't implement quotas
> either: they depend on the system to provide that functionality.
I meant mail quota - on the Maildir/ There is nothing else these users
can put on the server. They do not have shell access, and also no ftp
access. And I do MTA-imposed quota on the Maildir/
Have you heard of Exim (www.exim.org) ? It does impose quotas on the
Maildir. I do it here ;-)
-Wash
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Tel: +254 2 313985-9 +254 2 313922 so I installed FreeBSD."
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Oliver's Law:
Experience is something you don't get until just after you need
it.
zi...@one2net.co.ug
Yes i have heard of exim i use it on 2 Of my major mail servers :), also
have some postfix running on another.
cheers
ziggy
Chuck Swiger
[ ... ]
> I meant mail quota - on the Maildir/ There is nothing else these users
> can put on the server. They do not have shell access, and also no ftp
> access. And I do MTA-imposed quota on the Maildir/
> Have you heard of Exim (www.exim.org) ? It does impose quotas on the
> Maildir. I do it here ;-)
I've heard of Exim, although I have not used it. I am more familiar
with mail systems like Cyrus, as well as it's predecessor, the Andrew
Message System, and Courier. I remember MMDF, which CMU was using way
back when, and I'd even worked on a SMTP-to-X.400 gateway product back
in the early 90's.
For choice, I'd spend my time on this list helping people rather than
debating terminology, but that's only a preference. If you want to say
that Exim has "MTA-imposed quota", fine. (*)
In the future, please try to mention important details instead of
expecting people to guess that you weren't using FreeBSD's default MTA.
--
-Chuck
(*): I find the distinction between the various components of a mail
system-- the "MTA", "LDA", "MUA", and related software like a "POP3" or
"IMAP" server-- to be well-defined and meaningful. Exim handles
per-user quotas for mailboxes. However, the part of Exim which does
SMTP-- the MTA-- doesn't perform local delivery, does it?
Troy Settle
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-fr...@freebsd.org
> [mailto:owner-fr...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Chuck Swiger
> Sent: Monday, May 26, 2003 4:31 PM
>
> (*): I find the distinction between the various components of a mail
> system-- the "MTA", "LDA", "MUA", and related software like a
> "POP3" or
> "IMAP" server-- to be well-defined and meaningful. Exim handles
> per-user quotas for mailboxes. However, the part of Exim which does
> SMTP-- the MTA-- doesn't perform local delivery, does it?
>
Local delivery, remote delivery, who cares? Mail is being transferred.
If you want to use sendmail as a point of reference, then yes, sendmail
does handle local delivery. It does so with exactly one delivery
mechinism: the pipe.
I would argue that the MTA (mail transfer agent) has nothing at all to
do with SMTP (simple mail transfer protocol), which is simply a
mechanism for clients to talk to servers and for servers to talk to
other servers.
What if I run sendmail in such a way that it's not listening for network
connections? Is it still an MTA?
--
Troy Settle
Pulaski Networks
http://www.psknet.com
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Randy Smith
> Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 19:19:00 +0300
> From: ODHIAMBO Washington <wa...@wananchi.com>
> To: "freeb...@freebsd.org" <freeb...@freebsd.org>
> Subject: Expiring old mail in Maildir/
>
>
> Hiya ISP Admins,
>
>
> Apart from using `find`, I am wondering if someone already owns the wheel
> that can expire mail older than N number of days from users Maildir.
> I used to use one by Phil Male of Information Systems Engineering Group
> which was well adapted for mbox-type mailboxes, but now I have changed to
> Maildir/
>
> Thanks in advance for any pointers.
>
>
> -Wash
>
>
I wrote a script to clean out users' Spam folders. You can find it here:
http://perlstalker.amigo.net/courier/scripts/clean-spam.txt
You will need to modify it a little bit so that it looks in the right
place, but it's a simple enough script.
--
Randy Smith
Amigo.Net Systems Administrator
1-719-589-6100 x 4185
http://www.amigo.net/
Jamie Heckford
> Hiya ISP Admins,
>
>
el
> that can expire mail older than N number of days from users Maildir.
> I used to use one by Phil Male of Information Systems Engineering Group
to
> Maildir/
>
> Thanks in advance for any pointers.
>
We use a tool called archivemail (/usr/ports/mail/archivemail).
I wrote a script that loops through all usernames and logs in via IMAP an=
d=20
deletes messages older than 30 days.
Cheers,
Jamie
John Shafto
#!/bin/tcsh -f
# Get the current epoch number, subtract a year,
# and remove all mail files older.
touch /root/curtime
set epno=`filetest -M /root/curtime`
set days=365
set expiresecs=`expr $days \* 86400`
set expiretime=`expr $epno - $expiresecs`
#set yearago=`expr $epno - 31536000`
#set weekago=`expr $epno - 604800`
set imapdirs='cur new'
cd /home
foreach U (`ls`)
cd $U/Maildir foreach M ($imapdirs)
echo -n "Checking: " ; pwd
foreach M ($imapdirs)
if (-e "$M") then
cd $M
foreach F (`ls`)
if (-M "$F" <= $expiretime) then
echo " Deleting: $M/$F"
rm "$F"
endif
end
cd ..
endif
end
cd /home
end
// --> Here's one to kill spam:
#!/bin/tcsh -f
# Get the current epoch number, subtract $expiretime,
# and remove all mail files older.
touch /root/curtime
set epno=`filetest -M /root/curtime`
set days=7
set expiresecs=`expr $days \* 86400`
set expiretime=`expr $epno - $expiresecs`
set imapdirs='cur new'
set count=0
cd /home
foreach U (`ls`)
if (-e "$U/Maildir/.Spam") then
cd $U/Maildir/.Spam
else
continue
endif
echo -n "Checking: " ; pwd
set count=`expr $count + 1`
foreach M ($imapdirs)
if (-e "$M") then
cd $M
foreach F (`ls`)
if (-M "$F" <= $expiretime) then
echo " Deleting: $M/$F"
rm "$F"
endif
end
cd ..
endif
end
cd /home
end
echo .
echo "Directories checked for old spam: $count"
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Elliot Finley
my MailDirs
---
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use File::Find;
main();
exit;
sub usage {
print "$0 <maildir root> <days to keep>\n";
exit;
}
sub main {
usage() if (@ARGV != 2);
my $dir = $ARGV[0];
my $days = $ARGV[1];
usage() if (not -d $dir);
my $seconds = time() - ($days * 24 * 60 * 60);
my $wanted = sub {
#
# if we are looking at a mail file
#
if (my ($ft) = $_ =~ m|^(\d+)\.\d+\.|) {
if ($ft < $seconds) {
print "$File::Find::name\n";
unlink($File::Find::name);
}
}
};
find($wanted, $dir);
}
---
the regex in this line:
if (my ($ft) = $_ =~ m|^(\d+)\.\d+\.|) {
has to match the file name of your mail files. I use mail files named like
so:
1049831444.88767.thunderbird.etv.net,S=2514
timestamp.procId.domainname,S=filesize
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jamie Heckford" <ja...@tridentmicrosystems.co.uk>
To: "ODHIAMBO Washington" <wa...@wananchi.com>
Cc: <freeb...@freebsd.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 10:31 AM
Subject: Re: Expiring old mail in Maildir/
On Friday 23 May 2003 5:19 pm, ODHIAMBO Washington wrote:
> Hiya ISP Admins,
>
>
> Apart from using `find`, I am wondering if someone already owns the wheel
> that can expire mail older than N number of days from users Maildir.
> I used to use one by Phil Male of Information Systems Engineering Group
> which was well adapted for mbox-type mailboxes, but now I have changed to
> Maildir/
>
> Thanks in advance for any pointers.
>
We use a tool called archivemail (/usr/ports/mail/archivemail).
I wrote a script that loops through all usernames and logs in via IMAP and