Re(3): Time to delete old messages

I hope I have kept enough here after snipping to get the sense of what Carl is talking about: Carl Ketterling on 4/4/03 said >One of those options is to delete >items from a folder that are older than X number of days. This is great >... especially for trash and lists ... where I need the infor

Re(3): Time to delete old messages

why is it a problem to use the apple script 'delete aged messages'? just curious. I don't need it as I empty trash on a daily basis, but this apple script works just great. I tested it quickly on my trash can and on my spam folder. did exactly what it should, simple and easy. it is not fu

Re(3): Time to delete old messages

This is exactly what Rick suggested, and I agree - put it into a folder, not the trash can (even though that is a folder too per se just with a different icon) and have a script move older than files into the trash can and have the trash delete daily on quit. clean solution. I was a claris email u

Re(3): Time to delete old messages

>>I like to keep my old messages around for 90 days. That means 15,000 >>messages or so in the Trash. > >George; >Would it not make more sense to create a new folder for storing these >emails for 90 days rather than having them sitting in the trash? I have to disagree with this. As a long-time C

Re(3): Time to delete old messages

Received from: George Henne At: 12:20 pm (GMT) on Fri, Apr 4, 2003 >I like to keep my old messages around for 90 days. That means 15,000 >messages or so in the Trash. George; Would it not make more sense to create a new folder for storing these emails for 90 days rather than having them sitting

Re(3): Time to delete old messages

I like to keep my old messages around for 90 days. That means 15,000 messages or so in the Trash. Emailer could handle this easily. An Applescript that looks at all the messages just isn't a practical approach. George Henne NS BASIC Corporation http://www.nsb