Re: [Evolution] how do I empty a junk folder?

[Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam whitemice org>]

On Wed, 2011-06-08 at 09:54 +0200, Andre Klapper wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-06-07 at 22:35 -0700, John Metzer wrote:
> > Sorry for such an elementary question but how do you empty a Junk
> > folder?  I tried Expunge and that did not work.  I have 30k emails in
> > my junk folder.
> Delete them first, like in any "normal" folder.

If your Junk folder is on a Cyrus IMAP server you can set the "expire"
metadata attribute on the folder and the ipurge utility will
automatically remove messages older than the specified number of days.
Very nice for SPAM / Junk folders, user's don't need to manage them.