Script – Purge spam folder

#!/bin/bash
#This example is for a linux server using the following directory stucture to store email
#/home/unix-username/mail/domain/email-username/Maildir/.INBOX.spam/(cur | new)
#the following command will find all spam messages system wide over 14 days old and remove them
/usr/bin/find /home/*/mail/*/*/Maildir/.INBOX.spam/*/ -type f -ctime +14 | xargs /bin/rm -f
#-ctime n*24 hours
#-cmin n minutes
#-ctime +7 = > 1 week

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