Re: [Evolution] Problems with auto-pruning

[Dave Thacker <dthacker9 cox net>]

On Tuesday 30 August 2005 11:01, you wrote:
> 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

That's unfortunate.  Is there a way to apply filters on exit?  I haven't seen 
one in my exploration of the controls..

Dave Thacker