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

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Wed, 2011-06-08 at 06:42 -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> 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.

Hmm, that would appear to require login access to the server. At least I
don't see a UI handle for it in Evo (tried right-clicking on Junk and
selecting Properties, but no).

poc