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



NNAAMMEE
       ezmlm-clean - clean moderation directory

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
       eezzmmllmm--cclleeaann [[mmMMrrRRvvVV]] _d_i_r

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
       If  _d_i_r//mmooddppoosstt  exists,  eezzmmllmm--cclleeaann  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 _d_i_r.  If _d_i_r//mmooddppoosstt does
       not exist, eezzmmllmm--cclleeaann does nothing and exits.

       eezzmmllmm--cclleeaann reads _d_i_r//mmooddttiimmee and extracts a time-out ‘‘time’’ in hours
       from  it.  If ‘‘time’’ is 0 or _d_i_r//mmooddttiimmee 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.

       eezzmmllmm--cclleeaann  then looks through _d_i_r//mmoodd//aacccceepptteedd// and _d_i_r//mmoodd//rreejjeecctteedd//
       and removes message stubs older than ‘‘time’’. ‘‘Time’’  is  a  minimum
       retention  time. Since the files are processed only when eezzmmllmm--cclleeaann 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 _f_r_o_m _t_h_e _f_i_l_e _n_a_m_e_, 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 eezzmmllmm--cclleeaann is run.

       For messages in _d_i_r//mmoodd//ppeennddiinngg// 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 eezzmmllmm--ssttoorree((11)) executions. For other
       messages, a notification of the time out is sent to the sender,  before
       the file is removed.

       eezzmmllmm--cclleeaann logs errors to the mail log.  Re-delivery should be avoided
       by suffixing any _._q_m_a_i_l line invoking eezzmmllmm--cclleeaann with ’|| exit 0’.

OOPPTTIIOONNSS
       --mm     (Default.)  The timed-out post is sent as a MIME enclosure.

       --MM     The timed-out post is appended to the message.

       --rr     (Default.)  The timed-out post is returned to sender.

       --RR     The timed-out post is  discarded  without  sender  notification.
              NNoottee::  eezzmmllmm--cclleeaann  is  normally  run  from  both _d_i_r//eeddiittoorr and
              _d_i_r//mmooddeerraattoorr.  To  suppress  sender  notification,  the  switch
              needs to be specified for all invocations of eezzmmllmm--cclleeaann.

       --vv     Display eezzmmllmm--cclleeaann version information.

       --VV     Display eezzmmllmm--cclleeaann version information.

CCHHAARRAACCTTEERR SSEETTSS
       If  _d_i_r//cchhaarrsseett  exists,  eezzmmllmm--cclleeaann 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.

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



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