<html> <head> <meta name="Content-Style" content="text/css"> </head> <body> <a href="#NAME">NAME</a><br> <a href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a><br> <a href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a><br> <a href="#OPTIONS">OPTIONS</a><br> <a href="#FILES">FILES</a><br> <a href="#/etc/imapd.conf">/etc/imapd.conf</a><br> <!-- Creator : groff version 1.15 --> <!-- CreationDate: Mon Feb 3 16:31:15 2003 --> <!-- Total number of pages: 1 --> <!-- Page: 1 --> <!-- left margin: 100 --> <!-- right margin: 750 --> <a name="NAME"></a><h2>NAME</h2><p><font size=3>ipurge - delete mail from IMAP mailbox or partition based on age or size</p> <a name="SYNOPSIS"></a><h2>SYNOPSIS</h2><p><font size=3><B>ipurge</B> <font size=3>[ <font size=3><B>-f</B> <font size=3>] [ <font size=3><B>-C</B> <font size=3><I>config-file</I> <font size=3>] [ <font size=3><B>-x</B> <font size=3>] [ <font size=3><B>-s</B> <font size=3>]<br> <span style=" text-indent: 0.2100in;"></span>[ <font size=3><B>-d</B> <font size=3><I>days</I> <font size=3>| <font size=3><B>-b</B> <font size=3><I>bytes</I> <font size=3>| <font size=3><B>-k</B> <font size=3><I>Kbytes</I> <font size=3>| <font size=3><B>-m</B> <font size=3><I>Mbytes</I> <font size=3>]<br> <span style=" text-indent: 0.2100in;"></span>[ <font size=3><I>mailbox-pattern</I><font size=3>... ]</p> <a name="DESCRIPTION"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2><p><font size=3><I>Ipurge</I> <font size=3>deletes messages from the mailbox(es) specified by <font size=3><I>mailbox-pattern</I> <font size=3>that are older or larger than specified by the <font size=3><B>-d</B><font size=3>, <font size=3><B>-b</B><font size=3>, <font size=3><B>-k</B> <font size=3>or <font size=3><B>-m</B> <font size=3>options. If no <font size=3><I>mailbox-pattern</I> <font size=3>is given, <font size=3><I>ipurge</I> <font size=3>works on all mailboxes. If the <font size=3><B>-x</B> <font size=3>option is given, the message age and size MUST match exactly those specified by <font size=3><B>-d</B><font size=3>, <font size=3><B>-b</B><font size=3>, <font size=3><B>-k</B> <font size=3>or <font size=3><B>-m</B><font size=3>. The are no default val- ues, and at least one of <font size=3><B>-d</B><font size=3>, <font size=3><B>-b</B><font size=3>, <font size=3><B>-k</B> <font size=3>or <font size=3><B>-m</B> <font size=3>MUST be specified.</p> <p><font size=3><I>Ipurge</I> <font size=3>by default only deletes mail below shared folders, which means that mails in mailbox(es) below INBOX.* and user.* stay untouched. Use the option <font size=3><B>-f</B> <font size=3>to also delete mail in mailbox(es) below these folders.</p> <p><font size=3><I>Ipurge</I> <font size=3>reads its configuration options out of the <font size=3><I>imapd.conf</I><font size=3>(5) file unless specified otherwise by <font size=3><B>-C</B><font size=3>.</p> <a name="OPTIONS"></a><h2>OPTIONS</h2> <table width="100%" rules="none" frame="none" cols="4"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td valign="top" align="left" width="12.6154%"> <p><font size=3><B>-f</p> </B><p><font size=3><B>-C</B> <font size=3><I>config-file</p> </I><p><font size=3><B>-d</B> <font size=3><I>days</p> </I><p><font size=3><B>-b</B> <font size=3><I>bytes</p> </I><p><font size=3><B>-k</B> <font size=3><I>Kbytes</p> </I></td> <td valign="top" align="left" width="7.3846%"> </td> <td valign="top" align="left" width="57.6923%"> <p><font size=3>Force deletion of mail in <font size=3><I>all</I> <font size=3>mailboxes.</p> <p><font size=3>Read configuration options from <font size=3><I>config-file</I><font size=3>.</p> <p><font size=3>Age of message in <font size=3><I>days</I><font size=3>.</p> <p><font size=3>Size of message in <font size=3><I>bytes</I><font size=3>.</p> <p><font size=3>Size of message in <font size=3><I>Kbytes</I> <font size=3>(2<sup>^</sup>10 bytes).</p> </td> <td valign="top" align="left" width="22.3077%"> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td valign="top" align="left" width="12.6154%"> <p><font size=3><B>-m</B> <font size=3><I>Mbytes</p> </I></td> <td valign="top" align="left" width="7.3846%"> </td> <td valign="top" align="left" width="57.6923%"> <p><font size=3>Size of message in <font size=3><I>Mbytes</I> <font size=3>(2<sup>^</sup>20 bytes).</p> </td> <td valign="top" align="left" width="22.3077%"> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td valign="top" align="left" width="12.6154%"> <p><font size=3><B>-x</p> </B><p><font size=3><B>-s</p> </B></td> <td valign="top" align="left" width="7.3846%"> </td> <td valign="top" align="left" width="57.6923%"> <p><font size=3>Perform an exact match on age or size (instead of older or larger).</p> <p><font size=3>Skip over messages that have the \Flagged flag set.</p> </td> <td valign="top" align="left" width="22.3077%"> </td> </tr> </table> <br> <a name="FILES"></a><h2>FILES</h2><a name="/etc/imapd.conf"></a><h2>/etc/imapd.conf</h2></body> </html>
