Hello Allie,
Wednesday, January 12, 2000, 3:57:21 AM, you wrote:
> 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_.
> :)
Ok, perhaps I didn't make myself clear, I meant that if they *add* the
date criteria, so you would have to match some string (like you do
currently) and the age to activate the filter. Then if you wanted to
purge an entire folder, you just put a general filter which matches
all strings. :)
> You would have to create a filter with strings for each person in
> that folder.
Well it depends on my needs, right? If I want to filter all mail from
one folder to one other folder, then I can just do one common string.
For example I could search for the letter e, anywhere in the message.
I'm 99.999% sure to get all messages from folder A into folder B.
However if I want to separate the messages in folder A to folders
B,C,D,E,F,G,... then of course I'll need to create a specific string
appropriate to the task. How else could that be done?
> You would then have have to apply it *manually*!!! That does
> not make it easy.
I'm not sure I understand. Why would you have to apply it manually?
The whole point of a filter set is that it should be optional to run
automatically or manually only.
>> 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?
I'm getting a little confused, are we not arguing the same point here?
My suggestion was an attempt to address your question (although I made
no distinction between the Inbox and the other folders).
Veering away for just a second, why should there be any fundamental
difference between the Inbox and any other folder (ignoring the
Outbox/Sent folders)? The only thing I can think of is for the
initial filtering, but the "Inbox" filters could be applied before the
message is assigned to any folder. Then any messages that have not
been directed somewhere could have a default filter which puts them in
the Inbox. Am I missing anything here?
> 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!
That's the suggestion! :) The idea is to get a date criteria, so I
do *not* have to do this manually. Right now I *do* have to filter
my old messages manually (either by drag and drop or a manual only
filter). I think we're competing for the same spot on the same team
here. :)
>> 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."
> 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.
Plus when to filter is a question that would have needed answering
anyway. When programming something that looks at age of messages,
someone has to decide when the message database should be examined. In
fact, the more I think about it, mine might not be the best solution,
since it will only serve to slow down the shutdown process. Plus some
people might like watching filtering actions to ensure that it is done
correctly. My suggestion does not allow this easily. Perhaps a better
solution would be to apply the date filters when the *folder* is
closed. But I think this is a relatively minor point that does not
affect how the basic idea should work.
> 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.
I don't know how major a step it is, the date search capability is
already in "Advanced Filtering" and all the other filter side stuff is
already implemented. The only other thing that needs implementing is a
trigger mechanism, but as discussed, that too exists with the purge on
exit option. :)
> The code is already there to easily implement what I suggested,
> hence my suggestion. :)
If only it were that easy... :)
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