On 10/19/2015 9:34 PM, surgemailHIDDEN@etwinsite.com wrote:
> Support ChrisP <surgemailHIDDEN@t@netwinsite.com> wrote:
>> The expire process runs about once a week, so messages a few days older would be quite
>> normal, also is it the Spam folder you are looking at ?
>> Next check expire.log and mail.log (or send to me) along with surgemail.ini and I'll check
> I have to bring the topic up again.
>
> So I have the rules
> 	expire_rule folder="Spam" age="15" size="1" alert=""
> and
> 	g_spam_hold_keep "14"
> in surgemail.ini
>
> Today, on the 19th of October, I see messages dated the 24th of September.
>
> I have checked expire_151019.log file (the latest log) -- cleanup seems to be performed only on Trash folder (I see "Fld: Trash" in the log's records).
>
> Does this mean that the settings don't work or that Spam folder is not treated as such (as I programmer I can understand how this can happen :) ?
>
> Sincerely yours,
> Eugene Mayevski
>
>

The Spam folder is definitely treated differently so an expire rule 
won't work... it's a completely unrelated mechanism used to expire spam.

Can you send me your surgemail.ini and a directory listing of the 
problem folder and I'll check on on how it works and why it might be 
failing for you.

     ChrisP.