>On Tue, Jun 17, 2003, Larry Samberg said: >>The problem with most mailers that have timed purging of trash (including >>the PM scripts) is that they are based on the sent/received time of the >>message. >> >>So, if I have a message in my inbox for 2 or 3 months and then, whilst >>cleaning up my inbox move it to the trash, the message will likely be >>deleted the next time the purger runs. What I really want is a message >>attribute called "last filed date" which is updated whenever a message is >>moved from one folder to another. >>Then...I can delete messages that were moved to the trash more than 5 >>days ago rather than messages that were received more than 5 days ago. >>Much, much, safer....
I wholeheartedly agree. I've actually run into this problem. Andy Fragen, 2:06 PM, 6/17/03: >The problem with what you want is that you want an additional piece of >information written to the message everytime you move it to a different >folder. I can't see that happening. If you don't want something to be >trashed then don't put it in the trash. Create a pre-Trash folder that >will be set to delete after 90 days or something. This just transfers the original problem to the pre-Trash folder. Does the script delete messages 90 days after the sent/received time, or 90 days after having been moved to the pre-Trash folder? -- Dan Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor." - H. L. Mencken
