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@@ -14,8 +14,47 @@ just the most recent messages. 'archivemail' can save a lot of disk space and will significantly reduce overhead on your mail reader. The number of days before mail is considered -'old' is up to you, but the default is 180 days. +'old' is up to you, but the default is 180 days. To see the options +archivemail supports, try running 'archivemail --help'. 'archivemail' currently works on mbox-format and maildir-format mailboxes, and requires python v2.0 or greater. It also supports deleting old mail -instead of archiving it. +instead of archiving it with the '--delete' option. + +The best way to run archivemail is from cron. Giving the '-q' option to +archivemail will make it quiet, only printing messages if something went +wrong. + +archivemail is not exactly blazingly quick at the moment, but if you run it +from cron you won't mind. Archiving from maildir mailboxes instead of 'mbox' +is a lot quicker too, since we don't have to do to as much effort to delete +mail from the original mailbox. + +Here is an example script I use for running archivemail from cron: +__________________________________________________________________________ + +#!/bin/sh +#set -x +set -e +ARCMAIL="archivemail --output-dir=$HOME/Mail/Archive/ " + +$ARCMAIL --days 30 --delete $HOME/Mail/duplicates +$ARCMAIL --days 90 $HOME/Mail/bugtraq \ + $HOME/Mail/debian-devel \ + $HOME/Mail/debian-mentors \ + $HOME/Mail/debian-user \ + $HOME/Mail/jobs \ + $HOME/Mail/linux-kernel \ + $HOME/Mail/python-list \ + $HOME/Mail/spam \ + $HOME/Mail/spam-l \ +$ARCMAIL $HOME/Mail/cm-melb \ + $HOME/Mail/exsouthrock \ + $HOME/Mail/received \ + $HOME/Mail/sent \ + $HOME/Mail/vim +__________________________________________________________________________ + +The archivemail website is at: http://archivemail.sourceforge.net/ + +-- Paul Rodger <paul@paulrodger.com> |