Looking for script that empty spambox folder!

[wimp]

hi all,
spamassassin is greate. However most customer don never empty there spambox so a lot of space will be used. Is there any script that can empty the spambox afther x days automatically?


Thanks a lot

[lostinspace]

Under the spamassasin options in cpanel you can already do this. However, you must visit each accounts cpanel.

I run RELEASE build.

[AndyMurray]

I once made a script which trims the spambox to the last 30 days only. PM me if you want the code as I don't have it to hand.

[payne]

If you find it, can you post it here? So we don't all pester you individually.

[electric]

If you find it, can you post it here? So we don't all pester you individually.

Yes, thanks!

[daniele81]

I empty all spamboxes every 2 hours with this command on crontab:

find /usr/home -name "spam" -group mail -exec truncate -s 0 {} \;

This command find all files named "spam" with group "mail" on /usr/home (my homes directory), then truncate it at zero byte.

The command "truncate" works fine on FreeBSD (i don't know on Linux).
It's brutal, but works.

[chirpy]

There's unlikely to be a truncate command on Linux. However, you could simply replace the truncate function with cat /dev/null > filename

That said, user education is probably better

[beekeeper]

I empty all spamboxes every 2 hours with .......

Each to his own and this may well suit your needs but the above approach defeats the purpose of having a spambox.

[payne]

I think we'll run this weekly. That way, they have a spam box, but it doesn't get out of hand, especially for those folks who never check it (it is on or off for the entire account).

[payne]

so, I can't get it to work. I'm trying:

find /home -name "spam" -group mail -exec cat /dev/null > {} \;

and it isn't working. I've tried them separately, the find works and the cat /dev/null works when I replace the {} with a filename... they just don't work together like this. What am I missing?

[vla]

I use the following on several linux boxes


$ find /home -name "spam" -group mail -follow | xargs -i -t rm -f {}

[ispro]

Use the following code:

find /home*/*/mail/ -name "spam" -group mail -size +1024k | xargs -i rm -f {}

We are using this code and it works well. It remove the SpamBox only if the inbox over 1 Mb.

[dprophit]

Thanks guys! I added find /home*/*/mail/ -name "spam" -group mail -size +1024k | xargs -i rm -f {} to the cron

[bjarte]

find /home/*/mail/ -name "spam" -size +1024k | xargs -i sh -c "cat /dev/null > {}"

[rec9140]

find /home/*/mail/ -name "spam" -size +1024k | xargs -i sh -c "cat /dev/null > {}"

I am trying to add this to a site to test it out, but when I add it to the crontab using standard mode it cuts it off at

find /home/*/mail/

And when I add it via the unix mode, it doesn't even add it to the crontab.

Any hints?

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