On November 7, 2003 at 10:28, Mattis Oliver wrote:
how can i use the -expiredate on all my archives ?
my first try on an explicit directory delets all mails that match by the expi
redate but generates 5 new mails.
i used this:
mhonarc -expiredate "01 Jan 2002" -outdir /lvol2/mhonarc/ietf-aaa/2000-07 *
how can mhonarc walk thru all my archives and delete the exired directorys to
o ?
my other try´s like this, doesn´t work:
mhonarc -expiredate "01 Jan 2002" -outdir /lvol2/mhonarc *
So your intent is to delete all messages that are older that "01
Jan 2002"?
If so, the way you are invoking it, the deletion will not happen
until a new message gets added to the archive. This is a subtle
usability issue.
To force mhonarc to do the deletion, you can use the -editidx:
mhonarc -editix -expiredate "01 Jan 2002" -outdir /lvol2/mhonarc
You will definitely have to do this for archives that no longer
receive new messages.
Using EXPIREDATE is not common, so that is why I ask what your
real intent is.
--ewh
