doveadm-expunge.1.in revision 4eda07effc1e3f72aa4c2787fdbef1c5289c9e72
Copyright (c) 2010-2012 Dovecot authors, see the included COPYING file
DOVEADM-EXPUNGE 1 "2012-11-27" "Dovecot v2.1" "Dovecot"
NAME
doveadm-expunge - Expunge messages matching given search query ------------------------------------------------------------------------
SYNOPSIS
doveadm " [" -Dv "] " expunge " [" -S socket_path "] " search_query

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doveadm " [" -Dv "] " expunge " [" -S socket_path "] " -A " search_query"

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doveadm " [" -Dv "] " expunge " [" -S socket_path "] " -u " user search_query" ------------------------------------------------------------------------

DESCRIPTION
This command can be used to expunge mails matching the given search query. It is typically used to expunge old mails from users\(aq Trash and/or Spam mailboxes. To test which messages a given search query would match, you can use doveadm fetch or doveadm search commands.

In the first form, doveadm (1) will executed the expunge action with the environment of the logged in system user.

In the second form, the command will be performed for all users.

In the third form, only matching mails of the given user (s) will be expunged. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
@INCLUDE:global-options@ --- command specific options --- "/.

Command specific options : -------------------------------------
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-d Delete the mailbox if it is empty after expunging. -------------------------------------
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ARGUMENTS

search_query Expunge messages matching this search query. See doveadm-search-query (7) for details. ------------------------------------------------------------------------

EXAMPLE
This example expunges messages from Spam mailbox that were saved/copied there more than two weeks ago: 

 doveadm expunge -u jane.doe@example.org mailbox Spam savedbefore 2w
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SEE ALSO
doveadm (1), doveadm-fetch (1), doveadm-purge (1), doveadm-search (1), doveadm-search-query (7)