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mailbox.Maildir.clean()

clean()

Delete temporary files from the mailbox that have not been accessed in the last 36 hours. The Maildir specification says that mail-reading programs should do this occasionally.

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https://docs.python.org/3.5/library/mailbox.html#mailbox.Maildir.clean

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2016-10-07 17:36:42

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