[SOLVED] How can I delete a folder in all accounts?

[acasado81]

Hi everybody.

I am a newbie, and i would like to know how can i delete a folder that it's located in every mailboxes.

This folder was created when i migrated the mailboxes from MDaemon to Zimbra. This folder is the old trash folder in MDaemon and now it isn't necessary in my new Zimbra server.

Thanks.



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[phoenix]

You'd need to dump a list of all your accounts then use zmmailbox in a script to remove the offending folder. I believe there are some scripts in the forums that perform similar functions that you could probably hack - I'd suggest trying it on a couple of test accounts before going 'live' and also take a backup before you do.

[alexkelly]

I would start by getting a list of all the accounts with zmprov and output those to a file with

zmprov gaa > /tmp/allaccounts

Then loop through each with zmmailbox with something like:

#!/bin/bash
DELFOLDER="/Path/of/folder/to/delete"
for ACCT in $(cat /tmp/allaccounts)
do
  echo "zmmailbox -z -m $ACCT df \"$DELFOLDER\"">>/tmp/deletefeed
done

You should definitely test with a subset of accounts before running over the whole mailbox. Note that in the script I wrote I echoed the zmmailbox commands to a file instead of executing them directly. This allows you to look through and make sure the feed looks right or to remove accounts you don't want to touch prior to executing it.

Note that you can try this interactively too to ensure you have the right paths set up. run

zmmailbox -z -m account_you_want_to_test

you will then be at the zmmailbox prompt. You can get a list of all folders with "gaf" or getallfolders and then do df or deletefolder "/Path/to/folder".

[acasado81]

Thank you for your quickly responses.

I followed your instructions and wrote a little bash script that delete a folder from all accounts of a domain given in command line.