On Oct 16, 1999, Byrial Jensen wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 15, 1999 at 12:38:20 -0700, Larry Fletcher wrote:
> > On Oct 15, 1999, Byrial Jensen wrote:
> > > > Is there any way to expire messages in selected folders similar to
> > > > the way messages in newsgroups are expired?
> > >
> > > Yes, you can use the "delete-pattern" command with a pattern to
> > > give the oldest messages. E.g. to delete all messages received more
> > > than 20 days ago type "D~r>20d" and enter. Or you can bind the key
> > > sequence to a key with a macro:
> > >
> > > macro index E "D~r>20d<enter>" "Expire messages older than 20 days"
> >
> > Thanks! This isn't the completely automated solution I was looking for,
> > but it's definitely a step in the right direction.
>
> I think that you can do it automatically with this command:
>
> mutt -f folder-to-expire -e 'set delete;push D~r>20d<enter>q'
Amazing! It's perfect! Thanks Byrial!
And thanks to everyone else that offered suggestions! (MH folders
and deleting message files by date work as well, but mutt is slower
with MH folders.)
