ipurge - Cyrus IMAP documentation
Delete mail from IMAP mailbox or partition based on age or size
ipurge [
-f ] [ -C config-file ] [ -x ] [
-M ] [ -X ] [ -i ] [ -s ] [
-o ] [ -n ] [ -v ]
[ -d days | -b bytes | -k
Kbytes | -m Mbytes ]
[ mailbox-pattern... ]
ipurge deletes messages from the mailbox(es) specified by Imailbox-pattern that are older or larger than specified by the -d, -b, -k or -m options. If no mailbox-pattern is given, ipurge works on all mailboxes. If the -x option is given, the message age and size MUST match exactly those specified by -d, -b, -k or -m. The are no default values, and at least one of -d, -b, -k or -m MUST be specified.
Ipurge by default only deletes mail below shared folders, which means that mails in mailbox(es) below INBOX.* and user.* stay untouched. Use the option -f to also delete mail in mailbox(es) below these folders. Use the -M option to not recurse into the mailboxes.
ipurge reads its configuration options out of the imapd.conf(5) file unless specified otherwise by -C.
-C config-file
Use the specified configuration file config-file rather than the default imapd.conf(5).
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-f |
Force ipurge to examine mailboxes below INBOX.* and user.*. |
-d days
Age of message in days.
-b bytes
Size of message in bytes.
-k Kbytes
Size of message in Kbytes (2^10 bytes).
-m Mbytes
Size of message in Mbytes (2^20 bytes).
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-x |
Perform an exact match on age or size (instead of older or larger). | ||
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-X |
Use delivery time instead of Date: header for date matches. | ||
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-i |
Invert match logic: -x means not equal, date is for newer, size is for smaller. | ||
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-s |
Skip over messages that have the \Flagged flag set. | ||
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-o |
Only purge messages that have the \Deleted flag set. | ||
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-n |
Only print messages that would be deleted (dry run). | ||
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-v |
Enable verbose output/logging. |
[NB: Examples needed]
/etc/imapd.conf
imapd.conf(5)
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