feat: Add mailbox_cleaner.py script for automated cleanup #6493
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Adds a Python script to expunge old emails from specified mailboxes (e.g., Trash, Junk) and remove empty subfolders. Supports single-user, all-user, and dry-run modes.
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Adds a Python script (
mailbox_cleaner.py) located inhelper-scripts/designed to automatically clean up old emails from specified mailboxes (defaults to Trash, Junk) for single or all users in a Mailcow installation. It includes features like configurable retention days, dry-run mode, and automatic deletion of empty subfolders within the target mailboxes. Intended for cron job execution.Affected Containers
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--user <email>argument for single-user processing.--allargument for multi-user processing.--dry-runfunctionality (logs actions without performing them).--days-back 30and custom values.Trash,Junk) and custom--mailboxesargument.savedbefore <days>d.--debuglogging output.What were the final results? (Awaited, got)