Re: [Evolution] Problems with auto-pruning

[Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj novell com>]

dthacker9 cox net wrote:

> Evolution 2.2.1   SuSe 9.3
> Desired State:
> All emails in mailbox "bb" (Big Brother Alarms") should be automatically deleted 5 days after I've received them.  They are stale and have no lasting value. 
>
> What I've done:
> Created a filter "If date received is before 5 days ago" then "delete" on "incoming"  
>
> What's happening:
> Messages are never deleted.
>  

that's because the messages aren't incoming (nor are they outgoing). 
They're pre-filed messages. If you want to filter them, open the folder, 
do Select All, and then select Apply Filters. That will filter them.

Jeff