ezmlm-clean(1)                                     ezmlm-clean(1)

NAME
       ezmlm-clean - clean moderation directory

SYNOPSIS
       ezmlm-clean [mMrRvV] dir

DESCRIPTION
       If  dir/modpost exists, ezmlm-clean sends out messages for
       timed-out posts in the moderation  directory  and  removes
       stubs for rejected and accepted posts for the mailing list
       stored in dir.  If dir/modpost does not exist, ezmlm-clean
       does nothing and exits.

       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/  and
       dir/mod/rejected/ 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/ no  action  is  taken  on
       read-only  files.  Messages  without the owner execute bit
       set are silently removed, as they are the result of incom-
       plete  ezmlm-store(1)  executions.  For  other messages, a
       notification of the time out is sent to the sender, before
       the file is 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'.

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

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ezmlm-clean(1)                                     ezmlm-clean(1)

              notification.  Note: ezmlm-clean  is  normally  run
              from  both  dir/editor  and dir/moderator.  To sup-
              press sender notification, the switch needs  to  be
              specified for all invocations of ezmlm-clean.

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

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