Hello Thomas,
Tuesday, January 11, 2000, 7:38:31 PM, you wrote:
> This would mean to add another functionality to filters (date check -
> costs processing time). It would be much easier to just add "move to"
> as an option what to do with old messages (in additon to delete), as
> suggested by Allie.
> I would prefer that, as I see it as "archiving", not "filtering". The
> message is old, you want to delete it or archive it.
Why would you REQUEST something that limiting? If they offered
filtering by date as well, you can achieve everything you and Allie
have suggested _very_ easily. I can see having the date feature in
the filters as being very useful.
For example, I might not get much mail in one account, so I would like
to see all new messages in the inbox, but, I also want to keep copies
of the messages in individual folders. (Call one, Uncle, Aunt,
Brother, etc) I could then filter them after they are a couple of
days old so they go into their folders automatically. Right now, I
have either Read Message filters, or I have the filter make a copy of
the messages in the folders and then delete the originals manually.
I don't like the Read Message filters because they are activated as
soon as I move away from a message (as the name implies). This ruins
threading and makes mailing lists a pain to read. I currently use the
copying filter, but it seems like a waste of space, plus I still don't
get ALL the functionality that a date option in the filters would
provide. (eg, multiple archiving levels, new -> recent -> ancient
history, or something along that line)
> That's the
> choice. Has nothing to do with the idea of filtering, ie sender,
> subject etc information, because the msg is already in the folder you
> want it to be in for processing. It's done being processed; discard it
> or keep it out of the way. That's the idea.
Sure it does. If you use the Read or Replied mail filters, then your
messages are processed *after* the folder receives them. Or if you
use the "Delete old messages" option. There again, your messages are
processed *individually* long after the folder received them. So I
don't see why a filter set that uses Date as one of its criteria
shouldn't be added. Of course the folders would need to be changed so
that instead of having "Delete old messages on exit," they should have
"Run Date Filter Set on Exit." Or something along those lines.
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