:type 'integer)
(defcustom mail-source-delete-incoming nil
- "*If non-nil, delete incoming files after handling."
+ "*If non-nil, delete incoming files after handling.
+If t, delete immediately, if nil, never delete. If a positive number, delete
+files older than number of days."
+ ;; Note: The removing happens in `mail-source-callback', i.e. no old
+ ;; incoming files will be deleted, unless you receive new mail.
+ ;;
+ ;; You may also set this to `nil' and call `mail-source-delete-old-incoming'
+ ;; from a hook or interactively.
+ :group 'mail-source
+ :type '(choice (const :tag "immediately" t)
+ (const :tag "never" nil)
+ (integer :tag "days")))
+
+(defcustom mail-source-delete-old-incoming-confirm t
+ "*If non-nil, ask for for confirmation before deleting old incoming files."
:group 'mail-source
:type 'boolean)
(setq newname (make-temp-name newprefix)))
newname))))
+(defun mail-source-delete-old-incoming (&optional age confirm)
+ "Remove incoming files older than AGE days.
+If CONFIRM is non-nil, ask for confirmation before removing a file."
+ (interactive "P")
+ (let* ((high2days (/ 65536.0 60 60 24));; convert high bits to days
+ (low2days (/ 1.0 65536.0)) ;; convert low bits to days
+ (diff (if (natnump age) age 30));; fallback, if no valid AGE given
+ currday files)
+ (setq files (directory-files
+ mail-source-directory t
+ (concat mail-source-incoming-file-prefix "*"))
+ currday (* (car (current-time)) high2days)
+ currday (+ currday (* low2days (nth 1 (current-time)))))
+ (while files
+ (let* ((ffile (car files))
+ (bfile (gnus-replace-in-string
+ ffile "\\`.*/\\([^/]+\\)\\'" "\\1"))
+ (filetime (nth 5 (file-attributes ffile)))
+ (fileday (* (car filetime) high2days))
+ (fileday (+ fileday (* low2days (nth 1 filetime)))))
+ (setq files (cdr files))
+ (when (and (> (- currday fileday) diff)
+ (gnus-message 8 "File `%s' is older than %s day(s)"
+ bfile diff)
+ (or (not confirm)
+ (y-or-n-p (concat "Remove file `" bfile "'? "))))
+ (delete-file ffile))))))
+
(defun mail-source-callback (callback info)
"Call CALLBACK on the mail file, and then remove the mail file.
Pass INFO on to CALLBACK."
(funcall callback mail-source-crash-box info)
(when (file-exists-p mail-source-crash-box)
;; Delete or move the incoming mail out of the way.
- (if mail-source-delete-incoming
+ (if (eq mail-source-delete-incoming t)
(delete-file mail-source-crash-box)
(let ((incoming
(mail-source-make-complex-temp-name
mail-source-directory))))
(unless (file-exists-p (file-name-directory incoming))
(make-directory (file-name-directory incoming) t))
- (rename-file mail-source-crash-box incoming t)))))))
-
+ (rename-file mail-source-crash-box incoming t)
+ ;; remove old incoming files?
+ (when (natnump mail-source-delete-incoming)
+ (mail-source-delete-old-incoming
+ mail-source-delete-incoming
+ mail-source-delete-old-incoming-confirm))))))))
+
(defun mail-source-movemail (from to)
"Move FROM to TO using movemail."
(if (not (file-writable-p to))