By "virtual folder" I'm assuming you mean "smart mailbox"? Does this trigger automatically as soon as a message becomes "eligible" for that mailbox (i.e. as soon as it passes that condition and shows up there for the first time)?
On 22 Apr 2022, at 10:44, Charlie Clark wrote: > On 21 Apr 2022, at 22:29, Robert Wall wrote: > >> TL;DR - I'd like to be able to fire off the mail rules for a given folder >> once per day. >> >> Longer explanation: >> >> I have a server that sends me status emails. A lot of status emails. And I >> need to receive these status emails not because I want to read every single >> one, but because if something goes sideways I need to be able to poke >> through the messages for clues / hints. >> >> I don't need to keep these messages longer than a couple of weeks - 30 days >> max. >> >> And I have other situations where I'll get 3 or 4 messages for the same >> thing. Amazon order placed, Amazon order shipped, Amazon order delayed, >> Amazon order delivered being a good example. I only need to keep the last >> one. >> >> So I have some existing rules that I can fire off manually which will look >> for stuff with certain subject lines / senders that's older than 30 days or >> so, and clean those up - but I still have to run them manually. >> >> I'm more than happy to use cron, launchd, or some sort of system automation >> to tell MailMate to do this if that's what's required. Or if there's a way >> in the software itself, that would be wonderful as well. >> >> Any thoughts? > > Yes. Based on something Bill Cole mentioned a while back I set up a virtual > folder to collect such messages with a condition "date received is not within > last" 30 days and a rule to delete the mails permanently. > > This needs better documentation but shows the power and flexibility of > MailMate's approach. > > Charlie > > -- > Charlie Clark > Sengelsweg 34 > Düsseldorf > D- 40489 > Tel: +49-203-746000 > Mobile: +49-178-782-6226 > _______________________________________________ > mailmate mailing list > mailmate@lists.freron.com > https://lists.freron.com/listinfo/mailmate _______________________________________________ mailmate mailing list mailmate@lists.freron.com https://lists.freron.com/listinfo/mailmate
