Actually, I to have thought about something similar. I think an implementation of expires after is problematic, however. Instead, I was thinking it would be nice if there was a timestamp that indicated the last time the rule was activated (and specifically including mailing list rules).
Since, among other things, I watch a lot of companies in the high tech area, I end up on a lot of publications' mailing lists. I generally use the mailing list manager to file them automatically. Sometimes, well, frequently now, the publications go under, and I need to catch that and clean up the rules and archive the mail. Having a last date of activation would help with that task. (Using the unread messages view hides the folders I am looking at, so frequently I do not notice when a particular newsletter has stopped...) -- Eric Hildum > From: Paul Berkowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 07:22:42 -0700 > To: Entourage Mac Talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Schedules: another feature request > > On 6/26/02 5:10 AM, "Judi Sohn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Speak of which, I'd love to see an expiration on rules and mailing lists. >> Like in the newsreaders where you can set a filter to expire X days after >> last use. I have quite a few rules and mailing lists that were needed for a >> certain point and then sit there for months and months untouched until I get >> around to cleaning them out. > > Which is not hurting anybody or anything. Whereas if they had an "expires > on" date and you forgot about its, you'd get awfully upset if things just > "stopped working". Not everything should be automated. Whenever you get > around to doing the housekeeping will be time enough. Rules and mailing > lists that do nothing are doing no harm whatsoever. -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
