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Because there is no way to access this feature manually. You need to
invoke an AS. Besides, it's somewhat self defeating to have to invoke
this manually. If you want to do that just quit and restart every day.
--
Andy Fragen
On Tue, Sep 28, 2004, Larry Samberg said:
>You understand me ... But why should I have to relegate this to an
>Applescript?
>PM already has a subroutine to do this, it is invoked every time I QUIT.
>Why can't I just get a menu item that just invokes this subroutine.
>That's what I meant by manual....
>
>/lss
>
>--
>Larry S. Samberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>VM/Fax: 270-514-0557
>
>Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not
>seen..." Hebrews 11:1
>
>On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 14:45:23 -0400 Tim Lapin wrote:
>
>>On Tuesday, September 28, 2004, Larry Samberg sent forth:
>>
>>>I am using OS X. But I am not sure I see how this even begins to address
>>>the request I made.
>>>
>>>/lss
>>>
>>>--
>>
>>I guess what is in order here is to restate / rephrase the question. If
>>I understood Larry's original post correctly, he wants to manually delete
>>mail from the trash that IS AT LEAST 'N' DAYS OLD. In short, he likes to
>>let his trash sit for a while and get really ripe and smelly, then delete
>>only the smelliest bits. :-)
>>
>>If that is the case, I would suggest an Applescript, as such a feature
>>might be considered an unnecessary refinement by others. I'm no AS guru
>>but it seems to me a simple enough bit of pseudocode, with ONE wrinkle:
>>
>>Repeat until end of trash {
>> if (current date - date sent >= N) then ; could also work with
>>date received
>> delete from Trash
>> end if
>> }
>>
>>The wrinkle, as I see it, is that the "Empty Trash" option is all
>>inclusive. So you would either have to redefine what "Empty Trash" is or
>>move the mail to be kept to a holding folder whilst you empty the remainder.
>>
>>So the above would become:
>>
>>Repeat until end of trash {
>> if (current date - date sent < N) then
>> move to holding folder
>> endif
>> }
>>Empty trash
>>
>>
>>NOTE: Please excuse any niggling syntax errors; I'm not an AS guru as
>>I've said and it's the gist that counts here.
>>
>>
>>--
>>Tim Lapin
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>
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