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
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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
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