[nflug] For the command line wizards

[Cyber Source]

Ok guys, I got one for the wizards of command line.
I have an email server running spamassassin, which is a very good thing.
Spamassassin catches much much crapola, another good thing. It
occasionally makes a mistake on valid emails and puts them in 2 folders
depending on severity, .probably-spam and .almost-certainly-spam along
with actual spam based on previously black holed IP, html format, etc..
It does a very good job and rarely makes a mistake. Initially when
putting this in, I came up with the idea that we had better whack those
2 folders on a weekly basis because if people don't subscribe to these
folders and check them or delete the emails in them, they could get
huge, and in a hurry. So, I just setup a cron to weekly whack these
folders, all has been well. But now I would like to give the emails that
come in on the 7th day, the same chance that the emails got which came
in on the 1st day, that being 6 more days to check the folder to see if
it is actually spam and not a mistake. So my question is this....
How can I setup a cron or script to be run by cron that could be run
daily and delete the emails in these folders that are at least 7 days
old? This way, if someone does get a valid email put in the spam
folders, they would have at least 7 days to go check. Also, something to
keep in mind that people often put wrong dates, etc., so it would
actually read the time/date that the email arrived.
I envision lots of curlys and dashes and dollar signs here....{'}$-@???
TIA
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