Retaining mail
The aox retain mail command inserts or updates a mail retention policy. Users will not be able to delete mail if it matches the policy.
Each policy has a duration, and optionally a mailbox to which it applies and/or a search specification.
If it applies to a mailbox, it also applies to all children of that mailbox. If you specify a search, then the policy applies only to messages that match that search, otherwise it applies to all messages.
The simplest policy is one that matches all messages:
aox retain mail 7
A little more complex is one that matches all messages in certain mailboxes, such as this, which preserves mail forever in the mailboxes /archive/this, /archive/that, etc.
aox retain mail forever /archive
It is also possible to specify a search. This preserves all mail from/to/… exemplo.com.br for 14 days:
aox retain mail 14 address exemplo.com.br
The last example has both a mailbox and a search:
aox retain mail 90 /archive/sales address exemplo.com.br
The syntax used for the search is the same as for aox show search and aox delete mail. (The show search command is a convenient way to experiment with search syntax.)
In case of questions, please write to info@aox.org.
Relevant links
- Other aox commands:
anonymise, change address, change password, change username, check config, check database, create alias, create mailbox, create user, create view, delete alias, delete mailbox, delete messages, delete user, flush queue, grant privileges, help, list aliases, list mailboxes, list rights, list users, reparse, restart, setacl, show build, show configuration, show counts, show queue, show retention, show schema, show search, show status, start, stop, tune database, undelete, update database, upgrade schema, vacuum
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Last modified: 2010-05-02
Location: aox.org/aox/retainmessages