Re: command line deletion of files

2016-09-29 Thread Bron Gondwana via Info-cyrus
Ahh, and reading on I see that this exists already :) On Fri, 30 Sep 2016, at 08:02, Bron Gondwana wrote: > You're the reason we can't have nice things :( rm + reconstruct will bite you > one upgrade for sure. > > A dry run option to ipurge sounds like a great idea. We just always use IMAP > to

Re: command line deletion of files

2016-09-29 Thread Bron Gondwana via Info-cyrus
You're the reason we can't have nice things :( rm + reconstruct will bite you one upgrade for sure. A dry run option to ipurge sounds like a great idea. We just always use IMAP to do admin on Cyrus, but I can see a case for improving ipurge. On Fri, 30 Sep 2016, at 01:04, Vladislav Kurz via Inf

Re: command line deletion of files

2016-09-29 Thread John Wade via Info-cyrus
We use a perl scrip that does similar process to delete mass phishing or malware email messages from the mail spool. The script locates the sequence number for the message based on the message ID/filename, and then issues the IMAP delete and expunge commands. Relevant section of code below

Re: command line deletion of files

2016-09-29 Thread Vladislav Kurz via Info-cyrus
On 09/29/16 17:14, Wolfgang Breyha via Info-cyrus wrote: > Vladislav Kurz via Info-cyrus wrote on 29/09/16 17:04: >> ipurge is nice but I would really appreciate if it had a --dry-run >> option. I'm never sure what it will really delete. > > It got one in 2.5.9. > > Greetings, Wolfgang > Ah, tha

Re: command line deletion of files

2016-09-29 Thread Wolfgang Breyha via Info-cyrus
Vladislav Kurz via Info-cyrus wrote on 29/09/16 17:04: > ipurge is nice but I would really appreciate if it had a --dry-run > option. I'm never sure what it will really delete. It got one in 2.5.9. Greetings, Wolfgang -- Wolfgang Breyha | http://www.blafasel.at/ Vienna University Computer Cente

Re: command line deletion of files

2016-09-29 Thread Vladislav Kurz via Info-cyrus
On 09/29/16 16:32, Patrick Boutilier via Info-cyrus wrote: > On 09/29/2016 11:27 AM, Shawn Bakhtiar via Info-cyrus wrote: >> Good morning, >> >> trying to get rid of some emails that have large attachments (i.e. >> videos sent over email, or cd images, etc...) >> >> Would it be proper to >> >> rm -

Re: command line deletion of files

2016-09-29 Thread Dan White via Info-cyrus
On 09/29/16 14:27 +, Shawn Bakhtiar via Info-cyrus wrote: trying to get rid of some emails that have large attachments (i.e. videos sent over email, or cd images, etc...) Would it be proper to rm -rf /var/spool/imap/u/username/mailbox/4321. then reconstruct -rf user.username Or is there

Re: command line deletion of files

2016-09-29 Thread Patrick Boutilier via Info-cyrus
On 09/29/2016 11:27 AM, Shawn Bakhtiar via Info-cyrus wrote: Good morning, trying to get rid of some emails that have large attachments (i.e. videos sent over email, or cd images, etc...) Would it be proper to rm -rf /var/spool/imap/u/username/mailbox/4321. then reconstruct -rf user.usernam

command line deletion of files

2016-09-29 Thread Shawn Bakhtiar via Info-cyrus
Good morning, trying to get rid of some emails that have large attachments (i.e. videos sent over email, or cd images, etc...) Would it be proper to rm -rf /var/spool/imap/u/username/mailbox/4321. then reconstruct -rf user.username Or is there a more "proper" way using cyrus? Thanks, Shawn