ezmlm-clean(1)ezmlm-clean(1)NAMEezmlm-clean - clean moderation directory
SYNOPSISezmlm-clean [-mMrRvV] dir
DESCRIPTIONezmlm-clean sends out messages for timed-out posts in the moderation
directory, removes timed-out messages awaiting confirm, and removes
stubs for rejected and accepted posts for the mailing list stored in
dir.
ezmlm-clean reads dir/modtime and extracts a time-out ``time'' in hours
from it. If ``time'' is 0 or dir/modtime is empty or doesn't exist, a
default of 120 h is used. If a time is given, it is limited to the
range 24 h to 240 h.
ezmlm-clean then looks through dir/mod/accepted/, dir/mod/rejected/,
dir/mod/unconfirmed/, and dir/mod/pending/ and removes message stubs
older than ``time''. ``Time'' is a minimum retention time. Since the
files are processed only when ezmlm-clean is run, the delay before a
message is timed-out may be substantially longer if the list does not
receive many messages.
Message age determined by the time parsed from the file name, not from
the creation time. Thus, there is no good way to extend the life of
the file by e.g. touching it. Also, files in these directories are not
checked for the proper format. Thus, most non-message files in these
directories will be deleted the first time ezmlm-clean is run.
For messages in dir/mod/pending/ and dir/mod/unconfirmed/, no action is
taken on read-only files. Messages without the owner execute bit set
are silently removed, as they are the result of incomplete ezmlm-
store(1) executions. For other messages in dir/mod/pending/, a notifi‐
cation of the time out is sent to the sender, before the file is
removed. Messages in dir/mod/unconfirmed/, dir/mod/accepted/, and
dir/mod/rejected/ are silently removed.
ezmlm-clean logs errors to the mail log. Re-delivery should be avoided
by suffixing any .qmail line invoking ezmlm-clean with '|| exit 0'.
By default, the timed-out post is returned to the sender. If dir/nore‐
turnposts exists, it switches the default to discard the timed-out
post. Note: ezmlm-clean is normally run from both dir/editor and
dir/moderator. To suppress sender notification, either dir/noreturn‐
posts needs to exist or the -R option needs to be specified for all
invocations of ezmlm-clean.
If dir/qmqpservers exists, ezmlm-clean will use qmail-qmqp(1) to send
messages.
OPTIONS-m (Default.) The timed-out post is sent as a MIME enclosure.
-M The timed-out post is appended to the message.
-r (Default.) The timed-out post is returned to sender.
-R The timed-out post is discarded without sender notification.
-v Display ezmlm-clean version information.
-V Display ezmlm-clean version information.
CHARACTER SETS
If dir/charset exists, ezmlm-clean will use the character set listed
for all messages. Otherwise, the default ``us-ascii'' will be used. The
character set can be suffixed by ``:'' followed by a code. If the code
is ``Q'', outgoing messages are sent as ``Quoted-Printable'', if it is
``B'' they are sent ``base64'' encoded. Otherwise, text is sent as is.
SEE ALSOezmlm-confirm(1), ezmlm-make(1), ezmlm-moderate(1), ezmlm-store(1),
ezmlm(5)ezmlm-clean(1)
