On Thu, Jun 14, 2018, at 8:56 AM, Peter Davis wrote: > > Hi, all, > > I'm sorry if this question is a bit too elementary or intrusive > for this> group. My health is seriously failing, and I'm trying to clean up > old> messages are on my Mac for others who will inherit the machine. I have> > many thousands of messages, divided into many hundreds of folders, > accumulated over years. > > I've done some poking into it, and I know I can go from folder to > folder, delete all the messages, and then use some external shell > command to really delete them, but frankly, this is a bit overwhelming> for > me. Is there a way (or a script that comes close to) > letting me just> delete and really remove all files older than a certain date > or > anything> like that? > > I know this violates the "look it up and figure it out" doctrine, but> > frankly, I just don't have that kind of energy anymore. > > Note that I also have copies of most of these messages on various IMAP> > servers, so I'm not completely erasing the past ... just trying > to clean> up some computers.
Thanks so much for the suggestions and explanations. These are *MUCH* appreciated. Cheers, -pd -- Peter Davis www.techcurmudgeon.com
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