Re: [Evolution] Self destroying messages

[Gabriele Brosulo <gabriele brosulo zirak it>]

Il giorno gio, 17/05/2018 alle 09.14 +0100, Pete Biggs ha scritto:
> On Thu, 2018-05-17 at 08:40 +0200, Gabriele Brosulo wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > Is it possible in evolution 3.12.9 to have a message filter or something
> > similar that delete emails older than n days in a selected folder?
>
> I don't know about 3.12.9 (because it's old and I don't have a copy),
> but in the most recent version there is a filter condition of 'Date
> recieved' with 'is before'-'<relative date>' and you can specify an
> action of 'delete'.

The filter is present, but I don't want to apply it to my inbox, I've to
run it just to some subfolder. Defining this kind of filter will trigger
deletion also in inbox when hitting CTRL + Y. Do you think it's possible
to whitelist/blacklist some folder for filter execution?

> The problem with filters is that they only apply to 'new' messages so
> you would have to apply the filter manually.

That's not a problem, CTRL + Y is a quick way to do it.

> In newer versions under folder properties (right click on folder,
> select properties), there is an "AutoArchive" tab which does what you
> want, but I'm fairly certain it doesn't exist in 3.12

Yes, I was searching for that feature because I've seen it in
Thunderbird. I can confirm that's not present in 3.12.9.

Unlikely I can't upgrade it, since it will require to also upgrade Gnome
and Debian.

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