barrendero - Mail spool directory cleaner

barrendero { -d spooldir [-u] | -f folder } [-c config_file | -n]

barrendero { -h | -V }

Barrendero is a program designed to clean the mail spool directory to free disk space. It does this by looking in every mail folder in the spool dir and deleting the messages older than a certain age. The users can get a mail with the report of the actions done in their folders, consisting on a extract of the headers of the messages deleted and the messages soon to be deleted.

-d, --spool spooldir

Specify the spool directory to process, for instance /var/mail. For each file in the spool directory, barrendero will check whether it is named after a valid system user and that the user matches the file name before cleaning the folder.

-u, --process-non-users

Force processing folders in the spool directory that do not seem to be valid users' mailbox names. If a report is emailed, it will be sent to the owner of the file rather than the user guessed from the file name.

-f, --folder folder

Specify a single mail folder to clean. If a report is emailed, it will be sent to the owner of the file.

-c, --config config_file

Use an alternate configuration file instead of /etc/barrendero/barrendero.conf.

-n, --noconfig

Do not read any configuration file.

-h, --help

Print help information and exit.

-V, --version

Print version and copyright information and exit.

Most barrendero options are defined in the global configuration file, which is /etc/barrendero/barrendero.conf by default. Some options, such as the trigger age, can be configured on a per-user basis.

See barrendero.conf(5) for more information.

The use of this program is a bit dangerous. Please inspect the code before leting it delete your mail! The author accepts no responsability. I am personally using this program, but it may fail for you.

Hey! This is version 1.0. ;-)) (you know, bug-free).

If you find any bug, report it to the author.

barrendero.conf(5)

Copyright (c) Eduardo Diaz Comellas

This program is distributed under the GNU General Public License.

Comments to: ediaz@debian.org