Another way to avoid this is to simply configure the mail program to
empty the trash folder when you close it. That way you never have to
worry about messages building up.
Original message:
Hi!
So your trash is getting rather large? Can do away with all those
eMails you received from eMail lists you once subscribed to? Dread the
thought of tidying your Trash Box because you have thousands upon
thousands of eMails to sort? Perhaps some simple rules can do the job
for you, I've been using this approach over the last couple of weeks.
So you find an eMail which relates to a few hundred you've say received
over a period of time from a list, select it from your Trash Box, press
command-, to go into Mail preferences, select "Rules" and click on "Add Rule".
Here type a description appropriate to what you plan to do, say Delete
Mac-Access and then proceed to Conditions, make sure that any of the
following conditions are met is select and select "Any Recipient", by
default the "From" field here should automatically show the list of
eMail messages from the old list you're planning to purge from your system.
From here move to "Actions" and select "Delete Message".
Press "Apply" and Mail will then prompt, "Apply rule", answer "Yes" and
all eMail corresponding to the rule you just created will be moved
permanently from your Trash Box.
All you have to do now is to remove the rule you just created and
repeat the whole process again for eMail you want deleted from all
those old eMail lists you're no longer a member of.
**********
Dane Trethowan
Skype: grtdane12
Phone US (213) 438-9741
Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598
Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589
Mobile: +61400494862
Fax +61397437954
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