In the Administration area, you can define in the "General settings" what should be done with older messages. It’s possible to archive and/or permanently delete messages after a certain period of time.
The "Messaging" tab makes it possible to activate or deactivate this function. In simplified mode, you can add a simple entry in hours. The advanced settings allow you to define what’s known as a "cron job".
Note:
A cron job allows you to automate the time-based performance of processes in Unix and Unix-like operating systems such as Linux, BSD or macOS and also set finer intervals than hours. The job 0 0 * * * * is defined in COYO by default. These settings mean that the chat is deleted every day at 00:00.
A cron job allows you to automate the time-based performance of processes in Unix and Unix-like operating systems such as Linux, BSD or macOS and also set finer intervals than hours. The job 0 0 * * * * is defined in COYO by default. These settings mean that the chat is deleted every day at 00:00.
Are the transferred uploads also deleted?
If you have the old channels deleted via COYO, the transferred uploads are also permanently deleted.
What happens at a database level?
With the function "Automatically archive channels", the channels are only archived. This means that they still exist in the database. However, with the function "Automatically delete old messages", the messages are completely deleted and so no longer exist in the database.Why is my cron job delayed?
The COYO server time is set to UTC time (Universal Time Coordinated) by default. In Germany, we have UTC+1 (winter time) and UTC+2 (summer time). This means that you need to allow for a two-hour time difference.
