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6 ipurge - Cyrus IMAP documentation
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8 Delete mail from IMAP mailbox or partition based on age or size
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11 ipurge [ -f ] [ -C config-file ] [ -x ] [ -M ] [ -X ] [ -i ] [ -s ] [ -o ] [ -n ] [ -v ]
12 [ -d days | -b bytes | -k Kbytes | -m Mbytes ]
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16 ipurge deletes messages from the mailbox(es) specified by Imailbox-pat‐
17 tern that are older or larger than specified by the -d, -b, -k or -m
18 options. If no mailbox-pattern is given, ipurge works on all mail‐
19 boxes. If the -x option is given, the message age and size MUST match
20 exactly those specified by -d, -b, -k or -m. The are no default val‐
21 ues, and at least one of -d, -b, -k or -m MUST be specified.
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23 Ipurge by default only deletes mail below shared folders, which means
24 that mails in mailbox(es) below INBOX.* and user.* stay untouched. Use
25 the option -f to also delete mail in mailbox(es) below these folders.
26 Use the -M option to not recurse into the mailboxes.
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28 ipurge reads its configuration options out of the imapd.conf(5) file
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36 -f Force ipurge to examine mailboxes below INBOX.* and user.*.
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50 -x Perform an exact match on age or size (instead of older or
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58 -s Skip over messages that have the \Flagged flag set.
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76 The Cyrus Team, Nic Bernstein (Onlight), Jeroen van Meeuwen (Kolab Sys‐
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80 1993-2018, The Cyrus Team
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