From f9d722631393c9ae799ed266c95e649db030fd9f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Orlitzky Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2012 22:58:13 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Add a README file. --- README | 74 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 74 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README diff --git a/README b/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..77ad551 --- /dev/null +++ b/README @@ -0,0 +1,74 @@ +1. What is it? + +Mailshears prunes leftover mail-stuff. + +If you manage your mail system through a database, deleting a user or +domain from the database probably doesn't remove the physical mail +files and directory structure. Other stuff can be left behind +too. Mailshears helps you clean up. + + +2. Requirements + +Right now, mailshears is targeted at one type of setup: + + * You're either using PostfixAdmin[1], or your users, domains, and + aliases are stored using the PostfixAdmin schema. This wouldn't be + too hard to change; on the other hand, it's a good schema. + + * You use Dovecot[2] as your mailstore. This is an optional plugin, but + if you use something else for your physical mail storage, + mailshears can't help you. I would of course accept patches + implementing new plugins. + + In fact, at the moment, the "Dovecot" plugin doesn't really do + anything Dovecot-specific. It just specializes the Mailstore to + use a / filesystem layout. It would make a lot + of sense to make that configurable, and just call it a + FilesystemMailstore. + + * You maybe use Roundcube[3] webmail. Another optional + plugin. Specifically, roundcube-0.7.2 is supported at the moment. + + +3. Installation + +You put it in a directory somewhere, and run bin/mailshears. To make +it do anything, you'll need to create a config file. The default is +stored in lib/default_configuration.rb; I suggest you copy that to +$HOME/.mailshears.conf and edit it to fit your environment. + +You'll probably want to set up a cron job to run it every once in a +while. + + +4. How it works + +Mailshears gets a list of users and domains from your PostfixAdmin +database. It then delegates to the plugins. A plugin represents +something that you would like to clean up. For example, the +DovecotMailstore plugin represents the physical mail +files/directories. The RoundcubeDb plugin represents a Roundcube SQL +database. + +Each plugin knows how to get a list of its own users and domains. If +there's a user or domain in the plugin list that isn't in the +PostfixAdmin list, then mailshears knows that you've deleted that user +or domain from the database. So, it asks the plugin to clean up. + +By default, it doesn't actually /do/ anything. There's a variable in +the config file that you'll need to set before mailshears will touch +your junk. + + +5. How to report bugs + +Email them to me at michael@orlitzky.com. + + + +[1] http://postfixadmin.sourceforge.net/ + +[2] http://dovecot.org/ + +[3] http://www.roundcube.net/ -- 2.43.2