spamassassin learn and dump script

[glowball]

Hi there,

I am new here and yes I have asked google and searched the forum before posting. As a script newbie my question might still sound dumb:

I put SPAM mail into my junk folder, I would like to run a cron every now and then to train Spamassassin

I use a little script something like:

#! /bin/bash

sa-learn --spam /var/qmail/mailnames/mydomain.de/tester/Maildir/.Junk/*

rm /var/qmail/mailnames/mydomain.de/tester/Maildir/.Junk/cur/*

the second line should discard the junk folder after the training.
it works but my question is, will this command keep the imap directory structure ok? is there a nicer or better way to discard the emails from the .Junk folder. I am running it on a test account (tester) and want to make sure before using ist on my actual account

I would be grateful for any hint

regards marty

[secondmouse]

Sounds like you are using maildir format. According to MailboxFormat/Maildir - Dovecot Wiki , an example of the email filename might be time_info_in_numbers.hostname.other_info. Just pay attention to the bold part in the file name, you can use command find to search for emails only.

find /var/qmail/mailnames/mydomain.de/tester/Maildir/.Junk/cur/ -name "*your_email_hostname*" -type f -exec echo rm -f {} \;

Plug in the email server's hostname and run the command, if it shows the right right files, remove "echo" and run the command again.

[glowball]

Hi,
thanks for the hint. I will try it and let You know how it worked.

regards

Martin

[glowball]

Hi again, works fine, thanks!
Only Problem I figured was when I setup a cron via Plesk it says "permission denied" when I try to run it (the rm command)
So I put the cron directly into the root etc/cron.daily
I hope that is ok !?

regards

marty