>> Not exim specific, but very closely related:
>> Do exist some program that allow the administratot to clean the
>> users mailbox in /var/spool/mail from any message older than a
>> certain date, that is:
>> # /usr/sbin/sweep 2000-04-01 username1 [username2] [...]
>
> If you find such a programme, remember to use exim_lock when you run it,
> to stop Exim trying to deliver new messages while you are cleaning.
My perl script does what you want with a bit different command line:
expiremessages [-d] [-n] mailfolder expiration_time
It is meant to be run in conjunction with 'find' so it only takes
one mail spool file. It tries to emulate Exim file (*not* fcntl)
locking, but this can be nullified by specifying '-n' ("nolocking")
and using the exim_lock wrapper suggested.
Expiration time is qualified by one of 'h' (hours), 'd' (days), 'w' (weeks)
or 'm' (months).
The debugging '-d' option reports how many messages need to be expired
without actually doing anything.
An example of its usage would be:
find /var/spool/mail -type f -exec exim_lock -q {} expiremessages -n {} 2m \;
Such a command could be run nightly from the crontab. The script can be
found at "ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/pub/mail/exim/local/expiremessages".
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