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NAME

       ezmlm-clean - clean moderation directory


SYNOPSIS

       ezmlm-clean [-mMrRvV] dir


DESCRIPTION

       ezmlm-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
       notification 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/noreturnposts 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/noreturnposts 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 ALSO

       ezmlm-confirm(1), ezmlm-make(1), ezmlm-moderate(1), ezmlm-store(1),
       ezmlm(5)

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