lol. Guilty as charged! Anyway you could maybe do an automater work flow to do this or not. I really don't know. or maybe an apple script you can schedule. I'm just guessing here as I usually go by hand and del all the messages per month as my smart mail box folder does not work. lol!
On Aug 13, 2012, at 15:03, Dónal Fitzpatrick <dfitz...@computing.dcu.ie> wrote: > 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 <marri...@gmail.com> 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 <dfitz...@computing.dcu.ie> >> 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 >>> dfitz...@computing.dcu.ie >>> >>> >>> >>> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >>> >>> To reply to this post, please address your message to >>> mac-access@mac-access.net >>> >>> 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/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. >>> Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: >>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/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 >> mac-access@mac-access.net >> >> 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/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. >> Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/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 > dfitz...@computing.dcu.ie > > > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > mac-access@mac-access.net > > 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/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/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 mac-access@mac-access.net 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/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/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/>
