lazy-expunge plugin

See also

See Lazy Expunge for general plugin information.

Settings

lazy_expunge

  • Default: <empty>

  • Values: String

The mailbox/namespace to move messages to when expunged. This setting MUST be defined or else lazy-expunge plugin will not be active.

See also

Storage Locations

lazy_expunge_exclude

  • Default: <empty>

  • Values: String

New in version 2.3.17.

Mailbox name/wildcard to exclude from lazy expunging.

Use either mailbox names or refer to them using special-use flags (e.g. \Trash).

To exclude additional mailboxes, add sequential numbers to the end of the plugin name. For example:

lazy_expunge_exclude = \Drafts
lazy_expunge_exclude2 = External Accounts/*

Changed in version 2.4.0 (CE): The lazy_expunge_exclude setting matches also the namespace prefix in folder names. Previously the folder name was matched only without the namespace prefix.

Namespaces match as follows:

  • The full folder name, including the namespace prefix.

    For example lazy_expunge_exclude = Public/incoming would match the incoming folder in the Public/ namespace.

  • For inbox=yes namespace, the folder name without the namespace prefix.

    For example lazy_expunge_exclude = incoming would match the incoming folder in the INBOX namespace, but not in the Public/ namespace.

  • The folder names support * and ? wildcards.

Namespace prefixes must NOT be specified and will not match for:

  • the INBOX folder

  • special-use flags (e.g. \Trash)

Changed in version 3.0.0 (Pro): The lazy_expunge_exclude setting matches also the namespace prefix in folder names. Previously the folder name was matched only without the namespace prefix.

Namespaces match as follows:

  • The full folder name, including the namespace prefix.

    For example lazy_expunge_exclude = Public/incoming would match the incoming folder in the Public/ namespace.

  • For inbox=yes namespace, the folder name without the namespace prefix.

    For example lazy_expunge_exclude = incoming would match the incoming folder in the INBOX namespace, but not in the Public/ namespace.

  • The folder names support * and ? wildcards.

Namespace prefixes must NOT be specified and will not match for:

  • the INBOX folder

  • special-use flags (e.g. \Trash)

lazy_expunge_only_last_instance

If yes, only move to expunged storage if this is the last copy of the message in the user’s account. This prevents the same mail from being duplicated in the lazy-expunge folder as the mail becomes expunged from all the folders it existed in.

This setting prevents copying mail to the lazy-expunge folder when using the IMAP MOVE command. When using COPY/EXPUNGE, this setting prevents duplicates only with the following mailbox formats:

Warning

This setting does not fully work with obox without fs-dictmap (e.g. S3-only setup).