Re: [Exim] Expiring mails in appendfile.c

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Lähettäjä: Philip Hazel
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Vastaanottaja: Kevin Reed
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Aihe: Re: [Exim] Expiring mails in appendfile.c
On Fri, 13 Feb 2004, Kevin Reed wrote:

> Michael Haardt said:
> > Hello,
> >
> > the patch below is not tested and incomplete by intention (prototype
> > changes are missing), but a suggestion how easy it would be to
> > provide the mechanism for expiring files in mailboxes or cleaning up
> > stale tmp files.
>
> > Any opinions?
>
> This is much better done as a separate process, rather in the MTA itself.
> Something that is run, once a day or on a predetermined schedule.
>
> I don't think many would use it inside the MTA.



I entirely agree.


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