Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.3 Administration Guide

Setting imexpire Folder Patterns

Folder patterns can be specified using POSIX regular expressions by setting the imexpire attribute regex to 1. If not specified, IMAP expressions will be used. The format must start with a user/ followed by a pattern. Table 20–9 shows the folder pattern for various folders.)

Table 20–9 imexpire Folder Patterns Using Regular Expressions

Folder Pattern 

Scope 

user/userid/.*

Apply rule to all messages in all folders of userid.

user/userid/Sent

Apply rule to messages of userid in folder Sent:

user/.*

Apply rule to entire message store. 

user/.*/trash

Apply rule to the trash folder of all users.

user/.*@siroe.com/.*

Apply rule to folders in hosted domain siroe.com: 

user/[^@]*/.*

Apply rule to folders in default domain.