---
name: "crashmaint"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "crashmail"
version: "1.7-4"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/crashmaint"
---

# crashmaint(1)

Do maintenence on CrashMail message bases

## NAME

crashmaint - Do maintenence on CrashMail message bases

## SYNOPSIS

**crashmaint** \[MAINT\] \[PACK\] \[VERBOSE\] \[SETTINGS filename\] \[PATTERN pattern\]

## DESCRIPTION

Deletes old messages according to **KEEPNUM** and **KEEPDAYS** in *crashmail.prefs*. The program can do two different operations on a messagebase, *MAINT* and *PACK*. The meaning of these two modes are different for different messagebase formats.

- **\*.msg**

  *MAINT* deletes messages and *PACK* renumbers the area.

- **JAM**

  *MAINT* sets the Deleted flag for the messages. *PACK* removes all messages with the Deleted flag from the messagebase.

Both *MAINT* and *PACK* can be specified at the same time.

## OPTIONS

- *SETTINGS filename*

  Specifies that another config file than the default should be used. You can use the environment variable CMCONFIGFILE to set the default configuration file.

- *PATTERN pattern*

  Lets you perform the operations on only some of your areas.

- *VERBOSE*

  Gives you a lot of information which you don't really need.

## EXAMPLES

crashmaint MAINT PACK PATTERN R20\_AMIGA\*

## SEE ALSO

[**crashmail**(1)](/crashmail/1.md)

## AUTHOR

CrashMail is written by Johan Billing \<billing@df.lth.se\>

This manual page was written by Peter Karlsson \<peter@softwolves.pp.se\>