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On Tuesday 1 June 2010 at 12:21:23 PM, in <mid:[email protected]>, Jack wrote: M>> I see no real option other than putting in the work M>> to do it manually now, but I'd suggest setting things M>> up to archive automatically in future. M>> Rather than moving the folders themselves to M>> "Archive" it might be less fiddly to select all M>> messages in the folder and use "copy to folder" or M>> "move to folder" to put all the messages into a new M>> duplicate folder at the Archive location. > Thanks for the suggestion but I don't know ahead of > time if a folder will need to be archived or not. That paragraph was the "putting in the work to do it manually now" that I mentioned in my previous paragraph. The "setting things up to archive automatically in future" was mentioned in my next paragraph, although not described clearly. See if this attempt is clearer. You don't need to do it in advance. Once you decide "Folder X" needs archiving: 1 Create the archive folder where old messages will go 2 Edit the folder properties of "Folder X" as follows: General -> Keep messages in base for "N" days Additional -> On exit (tick both boxes) Deletion -> Use folder-specific deletion settings Alternative deletion (move to the specified folder) path/to/archive folder for "Folder X" Use alternative deletion for purging this folder (ticked) Compress emptied folder automatically (ticked) 3 Each time you close down TB!, all messages older than "N" days will be moved to the archive folder you just created. > It really > should be part of the program but TB has always been > lacking in basic tools and options so I don't expect > much there. Not basic, but it *is* there. At least twice. As well as, the method I have outlined above, there is also Jim's semi-automated method where the moving of messages is achieved with a manually-activated filter to move all messages older than "N" days to the archive folder specified in the filter. -- Best regards MFPA mailto:[email protected] Wise men learn many things from their enemies. Using The Bat! v4.0.38 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 ________________________________________________ Current version is 4.2.23 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
