CommandLine parameters to delete messages from mailbox

labsy · Post by **labsy** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 6:20 pm

Is there any CommandLine option to delete all messages from some specific mailbox? I need it to execute via BATCH file.

paarlberg · Post by **paarlberg** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 7:51 pm

I use this to clear out deleted items on a regular basis.

You would just need to change the 4th line and replace "Deleted Items" to the root of the user mailbox like below

"c:\progra~1\mailenable\postoffices\poname\mailbox\username\"

I run this at the root of the postoffices folder so it look thru all po and users.

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@echo off
cls
setlocal
Dir "Deleted Items" /S /B /O:-D /T:C > 2dellist.txt
For /f "delims=/" %%a in (2dellist.txt)do del "%%a\*.mai" /f /q
Endlocal
Exit

labsy · Post by **labsy** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 8:32 pm

Nice, thanx!

btw - does this delete message envelopes too, or just messages?

paarlberg · Post by **paarlberg** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 9:42 pm

If it is in the mailbox already, you only have the message file.

scngan · Post by **scngan** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 9:49 pm

paarlberg wrote:I use this to clear out deleted items on a regular basis.

You would just need to change the 4th line and replace "Deleted Items" to the root of the user mailbox like below

"c:\progra~1\mailenable\postoffices\poname\mailbox\username"

I run this at the root of the postoffices folder so it look thru all po and users.
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@echo off
cls
setlocal
Dir "Deleted Items" /S /B /O:-D /T:C > 2dellist.txt
For /f "delims=/" %%a in (2dellist.txt)do del "%%a\*.mai" /f /q
Endlocal
Exit

hi there,
you means u put at:
c:\program files\mailenable\postoffice ?
in order for me to let the batch delete all the deleted item folder in my whole server postoffice ?
so when i execute, it will auto get all "deleted item" folder message and delete it if i 100% copy your above code and paste on my server ?

paarlberg · Post by **paarlberg** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 2:14 am

If you want to test the script, place it in
C:\Program Files\Mail Enable\Postoffices\

and use the version below.. notice that line 5 from the original script is missing.

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@echo off 
cls 
setlocal 
Dir "Deleted Items" /S /B /O:-D /T:C > 2dellist.txt 
Endlocal 
Exit

This will create a file called 2dellist.txt which will show all "deleted items" folders in all mailboxes. It will not delete anything..

If you run the original script I posted, then it will read the values in the 2dellist.txt file and delete any file with the .mai extension in those folders.

labsy · Post by **labsy** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 4:14 am

As I run the script, I had to remove *.MAI from the 5th line in order to run properly. Otherways, I got "Path not found" error:

Original line (BOLD is problematic):
For /f "delims=/" %%a in (2dellist.txt)do del "%%a\*.mai" /f /q

Modified line:
For /f "delims=/" %%a in (2dellist.txt)do del "%%a" /f /q

paarlberg · Post by **paarlberg** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 9:44 pm

If it says path not found, then there were no files matching *.mai in the folders. That is normal. Also if you don't specify a file type either by *.mai or *.* it won't delete anything.