3 ezmlm-clean \- clean moderation directory
5 .B ezmlm-clean [mMrRvV]
12 sends out messages for timed-out posts in the moderation directory
13 and removes stubs for rejected and accepted posts
14 for the mailing list stored in
20 does nothing and exits.
25 and extracts a time-out ``time'' in hours from it. If ``time'' is 0 or
27 is empty or doesn't exist,
28 a default of 120 h is used. If a time is given, it is limited to
29 the range 24 h to 240 h.
33 .I dir\fB/mod/accepted/
35 .I dir\fB/mod/rejected/
36 and removes message stubs older than ``time''. ``Time'' is
37 a minimum retention time. Since the files are processed only
40 is run, the delay before a message is timed-out may
41 be substantially longer if the list does not receive many messages.
44 determined by the time parsed
45 .I from the file name,
46 not from the creation time.
47 Thus, there is no good way to extend the life of
48 the file by e.g. touching it. Also, files in these directories are not
49 checked for the proper format. Thus, most non-message files in these
50 directories will be deleted the first time
55 .I dir\fB/mod/pending/
56 no action is taken on read-only files. Messages without the owner execute
57 bit set are silently removed, as they are the result of incomplete
59 executions. For other messages, a notification of the time out is sent
60 to the sender, before the file is removed.
63 logs errors to the mail log.
64 Re-delivery should be avoided by suffixing any
73 The timed-out post is sent as a MIME enclosure.
76 The timed-out post is appended to the message.
80 The timed-out post is returned to sender.
83 The timed-out post is discarded without sender notification.
86 is normally run from both
89 .IR dir\fB/moderator .
90 To suppress sender notification, the switch needs to be specified
91 for all invocations of
108 will use the character set listed for all messages. Otherwise, the
109 default ``us-ascii'' will be used. The character set can be suffixed
110 by ``:'' followed by a code. If the code is ``Q'', outgoing messages are
111 sent as ``Quoted-Printable'', if it is ``B'' they are sent ``base64'' encoded.
112 Otherwise, text is sent as is.