I like to keep my old messages around for 90 days. That means 15,000 messages or so in the Trash.
Emailer could handle this easily. An Applescript that looks at all the messages just isn't a practical approach. George Henne NS BASIC Corporation http://www.nsbasic.com >George Henne [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 4/4/03 at 3:56 AM stated: > >>So we're back to the original question. What is a practical way delete >>old messages? > >You have a couple of options. One is to setup the preferences such that >when you quit you delete the old messages that reside in the trash. I >have no idea how many messages you toss in a given day, but at work I'll >end up with close to 200 at times. This adds a little time onto the >shutdown time, but not enough make me want to turn it off. Another is to >use the delete now AppleScript. It's a bit slow (but so is AppleScript in >general when performing certain types of functions). Another (and one I >use often as well) is to simply empty the trash on occasions. > >I understand you initially put a large number of messages into the trash, >but are you daily putting 1000 messages into the trash? What are you >really looking for? > >Wayne > >-- >All human rules are more or less idiotic. >- Mark Twain > >Live DAT & Music Page: http://homepage.mac.com/wayneb/ >PowerMail AppleScript Archives: http://homepage.mac.com/wayneb/powermail.html > >Music Currently playing: > > >
