cyrus-ipurge8
Cyrus imap documentation delete mail from imap mailbox or partition based on age or size
Overview
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.
Options
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-C config-file -
Use the specified configuration file config-file rather than the default imapd.conf(5).
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-f, --include-user-mailboxes -
Force ipurge to examine mailboxes below INBOX.* and user.*.
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-d days, --days=days -
Age of message in days.
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-b bytes, --bytes=bytes -
Size of message in bytes.
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-k Kbytes, --kbytes=Kbytes -
Size of message in Kbytes (2^10 bytes).
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-m Mbytes, --mbytes=Mbytes -
Size of message in Mbytes (2^20 bytes).
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-x, --exact-match -
Perform an exact match on age or size (instead of older or larger).
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-X, --delivery-time -
Use delivery time instead of Date: header for date matches.
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-i, --invert-match -
Invert match logic: -x means not equal, date is for newer, size is for smaller.
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-s, --skip-flagged -
Skip over messages that have the \Flagged flag set.
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-o, --only-deleted -
Only purge messages that have the \Deleted flag set.
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-n, --dry-run -
Only print messages that would be deleted (dry run).
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-v, --verbose -
Enable verbose output/logging.
Examples
[NB: Examples needed]
Files
/etc/imapd.conf
History
- Debian 13 (Trixie): the text shown here
- Debian 12 (Bookworm)
- Debian 11 (Bullseye)
- Debian 10 (Buster)
- Debian 9 (Stretch)
- Debian 8 (Jessie) to Debian 7 (Wheezy)
--bytes since Debian 13 (Trixie);
--days since Debian 13 (Trixie);
--delivery-time since Debian 13 (Trixie);
--dry-run since Debian 13 (Trixie);
--exact-match since Debian 13 (Trixie);
--include-user-mailboxes since Debian 13 (Trixie);
--invert-match since Debian 13 (Trixie);
--kbytes since Debian 13 (Trixie);
--mbytes since Debian 13 (Trixie);
--only-deleted since Debian 13 (Trixie);
--skip-flagged since Debian 13 (Trixie);
--verbose since Debian 13 (Trixie);
-C since Debian 10 (Buster);
-b since Debian 10 (Buster);
-d since Debian 10 (Buster);
-k since Debian 10 (Buster);
-m since Debian 10 (Buster);
-n since Debian 9 (Stretch);
-v since Debian 10 (Buster).