ipurge¶

Delete mail from IMAP mailbox or partition based on age or size

Synopsis¶

ipurge [ -f ] [ -C config-file ] [ -x ] [ -M ] [ -X ] [ -i ] [ -s ] [ -o ] [ -n ] [ -v ]
        [ -d days | -b bytes | -k Kbytes | -m Mbytes ]
        [ mailbox-pattern... ]

Description¶

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¶

-C config-file¶: Use the specified configuration file config-file rather than the default imapd.conf(5).

-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).

-x¶: Perform an exact match on age or size (instead of older or larger).

-X¶: Use delivery time instead of Date: header for date matches.

-i¶: Invert match logic: -x means not equal, date is for newer, size is for smaller.

-s¶: Skip over messages that have the \Flagged flag set.

-o¶: Only purge messages that have the \Deleted flag set.

-n¶: Only print messages that would be deleted (dry run).

-v¶: Enable verbose output/logging.

Examples¶

[NB: Examples needed]

Files¶

/etc/imapd.conf

Cyrus IMAP