Script to automatically archive messages on Server

I'm trying to train SpamAssasin and have set up junkmail and notjunkmail accounts on OS X Server. SpamAssasin alledgedly runs through its "training session" every morning at 2:15 am.
I'd like to set up a cron/launchd/whatever job to automatically archive the inboxes of those accounts to some other location when spamassasin is done with them so they're not re-scanned the next day. Ideally "move" the messages to an 'archive' folder.
Anyone care to walk me through how to do something like this on OS X Server? Or perhaps a better way of handling this?
Thanks!

A correct POP3 server will leave the messages on the server unless you explicitly deleted them.
Some POP3 servers assume that once you've "read" a message, you've downloaded it to your
machine and stored it there, so it's safe to remove it from the server. For some servers that
do this, "rsetbeforequit" solves the problem. If that's not working for your server, you might
need to ask your server vendor about it.
To be sure rsetbeforequit is doing what you expect, examine the protocol trace. Consider posting
an example trace here, or send it to me at [email protected]
I'm not sure how Thunderbird is causing the server to leave the messages; how have you
configured Thunderbird?

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If I shut down my Mac everynight(I live in a time zone 6 hours ahead of Eastern US time), will the scripts run automatically when I start it up the next morning...or...do I need a special utility application for this ?

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Launch Mail.
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I'll clarify.
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Hi!
This is about Oracle 10.2.0.4 on Solaris.
First the most important information.
SQL>archive log list
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Automatic archival Enabled
Archive destination ?/dbs/arch
Oldest online log sequence 12
Next log sequence to archive 12
Current log sequence 17
SQL> show parameter recov
NAME TYPE VALUE
db_recovery_file_dest string /data/MVS_P0/reco01
db_recovery_file_dest_size big integer 98G
recovery_parallelism integer 0
SQL> show parameter archive
NAME TYPE VALUE
archive_lag_target integer 0
log_archive_config string
log_archive_dest string
log_archive_dest_1 string
log_archive_dest_10 string
log_archive_dest_2 string
log_archive_dest_3 string
log_archive_dest_4 string
log_archive_dest_5 string
log_archive_dest_6 string
log_archive_dest_7 string
NAME TYPE VALUE
log_archive_dest_8 string
log_archive_dest_9 string
log_archive_dest_state_1 string enable
log_archive_dest_state_10 string enable
log_archive_dest_state_2 string enable
log_archive_dest_state_3 string enable
log_archive_dest_state_4 string enable
log_archive_dest_state_5 string enable
log_archive_dest_state_6 string enable
log_archive_dest_state_7 string enable
log_archive_dest_state_8 string enable
NAME TYPE VALUE
log_archive_dest_state_9 string enable
log_archive_duplex_dest string
log_archive_format string %t_%s_%r.dbf
log_archive_local_first boolean TRUE
log_archive_max_processes integer 2
log_archive_min_succeed_dest integer 1
log_archive_start boolean FALSE
log_archive_trace integer 0
remote_archive_enable string true
standby_archive_dest string ?/dbs/arch
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Errors in file /data/MVS_P0/admin/bdump/mvs_r1_arc0_12115.trc:
ORA-16014: Message 16014 not found; No message file for product=RDBMS, facility=ORA; arguments: [6] [12]
ORA-00312: Message 312 not found; No message file for product=RDBMS, facility=ORA; arguments: [6] [1] [data/MVS_P0/redo01/log06.rdo]
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RECID COMPLETIO NAME
1 23-JUL-08 /data/MVS_P0/reco01/MVS_P0/archivelog/2008_07_23/o1_mf_1_1_48gf98jq_.arc
2 23-JUL-08 /data/MVS_P0/reco01/MVS_P0/archivelog/2008_07_23/o1_mf_1_2_48gfjvq1_.arc
3 28-JUL-08 /data/MVS_P0/reco01/MVS_P0/archivelog/2008_07_28/o1_mf_1_3_48vf0cns_.arc
4 02-AUG-08 /data/MVS_P0/reco01/MVS_P0/archivelog/2008_08_02/o1_mf_1_4_497pys3n_.arc
5 06-AUG-08 /data/MVS_P0/reco01/MVS_P0/archivelog/2008_08_06/o1_mf_1_5_49mfqbrb_.arc
6 11-AUG-08 /data/MVS_P0/reco01/MVS_P0/archivelog/2008_08_11/o1_mf_1_6_4b16ml0y_.arc
7 17-AUG-08 /data/MVS_P0/reco01/MVS_P0/archivelog/2008_08_17/o1_mf_1_7_4bhd48pc_.arc
8 21-AUG-08 /data/MVS_P0/reco01/MVS_P0/archivelog/2008_08_21/o1_mf_1_8_4bvlck3b_.arc
9 22-AUG-08 /data/MVS_P0/reco01/arch/1_9_660770425.dbf
10 22-AUG-08 /data/MVS_P0/reco01/arch/1_10_660770425.dbf
11 22-AUG-08 /data/MVS_P0/reco01/arch/1_11_660770425.dbf
11 rows selected.
It looks like the archives are not written, or I can not find them. I check $ORACLE_HOME/dbs/arch and /data/MVS_P0/reco01 but it is not there. It worked before, but the person who configured it is on holiday. I know that I did 'something' that created archives (check the last three lines above), but that is somehow not working anymore.
Can someone help me by finding the archives?
(I need to make a online copy to create a standby-database, that is quite hard without archives. ;-))

The query above does not show errors:
DESTINATION STATUS FAIL_DATE VALID_NOW ERROR
INACTIVE UNKNOWN
INACTIVE UNKNOWN
INACTIVE UNKNOWN
INACTIVE UNKNOWN
INACTIVE UNKNOWN
INACTIVE UNKNOWN
INACTIVE UNKNOWN
INACTIVE UNKNOWN
INACTIVE UNKNOWN
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I assume you are talking about your gmail account. If you choose to store the messages on the server, you will be able to access them from the gmail website from any computer. If you leave it unchecked, you won't. If you have set up your Mac Mail application with your gmail account, your MobileMe will automatically sync your computer with the online MobileMe website whether you store the emails on the gmail server or not. So what it comes down to is that if you choose to keep your messages on the gmail server, you will be able to access them from two places online - MobileMe and the Gmail website.
Hope this helps,
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How do I get a reliable schedule for automatic update in Windows Server 2012 R2?

I don't understand why MS broke the automatic update in Windows Server 2012 R2. In previous versions, I used to set it for automatic updates - Saturdays at 2AM. I can no longer pick a weekly update in the GUI and the time seems to have no impact on its capricious
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This may explain:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/wsus/archive/2013/10/08/enabling-a-more-predictable-windows-update-experience-for-windows-8-and-windows-server-2012-kb-2885694.aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/b/wsus/archive/2013/06/11/wsus-blog-managing-updates-with-deadlines-in-an-era-of-automatic-maintenance.aspx
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