I thought of that. Gather all mail in one folder and then delete. I want a more automated solution though. thanks as ever. Ideally I'd like to be able to fire rules on application startup which checks mailboxes (only some of my mailboxes) for old messages. I'm just being lazy! :) On 13 Aug 2012, at 22:11, Sarah Alawami <[email protected]> wrote:
> Use smart folders for wha tyou want to do. I use then and htey work pretty > good. Just go to mailboxes, smart folder and away yu go. Just follow th > eprompts. > > On Aug 13, 2012, at 9:10, Dónal Fitzpatrick <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi folks, >> >> I'm starting to wonder if there might be a better, more comprehensive mail >> client for Mac. I'm trying to do some fairly complex message organisation >> and I'm not sure mail's up to it. >> >> I'll use a trivial example for what I'm trying to do. I've created about 25 >> rules for the automatic sorting, replying and deletion of mails. However >> I'm noticing that they don't, as it were, run in the background. >> >> Let's assume I have a rule called "deleteOld" which deletes messages once >> they are 366 days old. It works fine, but I have to remember periodically >> to hit "apply rules". I'd prefer if it happened automatically. Can this be >> done using applescript, or a plugin? >> >> There is also the issue of duplicate mail. Has anyone found a good utility >> for scanning mail(s) and removing duplicates? One of my folder has 38,000 >> mails so I'd rather not do this by hand! *smile* >> >> All the best, >> >> Dónal >> Dónal Fitzpatrick >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >> >> To reply to this post, please address your message to >> [email protected] >> >> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at >> either the list's own dedicated web archive: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >> or at the public Mail Archive: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. >> Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> >> >> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus >> and worm-free! >> >> Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting >> the list website at: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> Dónal Fitzpatrick [email protected] <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
