On Wed, 12 Jan 2000 00:24:32 -0800, Januk Aggarwal wrote:
[..snip..]
> 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.
Not very easily as you put it. Especially if only the date/age
criteria are added. I would love if they were but other additions to the
filter mechanism would be needed to create a similar effect .... _easily_.
:)
> 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.
You would have to create a filter with strings for each person in
that folder. You would then have have to apply it *manually*!!! That does
not make it easy. Automation is what I'm interested in! I'm already doing
what you're saying manually. The folder purge mechanism is triggered when
you close TB! ... automation. :)
> 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)
Frustrating isn't it. I'll soon get to the solution. :)
> Sure it does. If you use the Read or Replied mail filters, then your
> messages are processed *after* the folder receives them.
But that applies to the Inbox only. What if you wish to regularly
filter out messages beyond a certain age from another folder? That would
require another set of filters reapplied *manually* to a folder containing
filtered messages. :) Where's the automation in that? Automation is what
makes it easy!
> 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.
And yes, you have hit the nail on the head. :) Two additional
features would need to be implemented to produce an automated filtering
system that would serve as a purge/archiving mechanism for folders. Filter
sets would need to be implemented. One would not be enough as you proposed
since you'd need to run the purge/archiving on multiple folders. One would
need to be able to have a filter set be applied when the folder opens,
when it closes or when TB closes. This is clearly the superior solution
but it sounds like a major step which hopefully will be implemented in
version 2.
The code is already there to easily implement what I suggested,
hence my suggestion. :)
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