Re: [Evolution] New user - please clarify Expunge

[James Freer <jessejazza3 uk gmail com>]

Hi thanks for the reply

On Fri, 2019-07-19 at 17:44 +0200, Andre Klapper wrote:
> Hi,
>
> which Evolution version is this about?
> Which mail account type is this about? (IMAP, POP, ...)

The latest presumably as it came straight from the repos
3.28.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

IMAP

> On Fri, 2019-07-19 at 16:08 +0100, James Freer wrote:
> > I was pleased evolution installed without hitch but I am a bit unsure
> > on the
> > Expunge. I want to automatically delete messages over 24 months. Went
> > into
> > Folder > Properties > AutoArchive (selecting delete old messages over
> > 24
> > months). That marks them for deletion but when I did a folder Expunge
> > it did
> > not seem to clear them. So I am wondering how that is to work. [I put
> > all
> > messages into the All Mail folder (rather than inbox)]. Maybe there
> > is a better
> > method.
>
> What is an "All Mail folder"? Is that something you created and you
> move Inbox messages there via a filter rule?

I assume you aren't familiar with Gmail. All mail goes into the 'All Mail'
folder... even Sent mail (although a copy is put in the Sent folder). The
google way of doing things. There is an Inbox and one can archive to All Mail
but as you suggest I put in a filter (on gmail UI settings) to bypass it...
just avoids having to manually archive mail.

james