Delete based on age of email?

LazyGun · 31 Jul 2020, 06:45 PM

Hi all,

Question for ye:

Is it possible to set a rule either in Rules or via Sieve that will delete based on the age of a mail.

If sender: X
AND IF
Date: >30 days
THEN Delete

My aim is to automatically delete (or send to trash) subscription based emails once they're past their prime as it were.

gardenweed · 31 Jul 2020, 08:10 PM

Rules and sieve work on new incoming emails. So not really applicable for dealing with emails already received.

To achieve what you want, I suggest shifting your subscriptions to a folder, maybe called "Subscriptions", and set that folder to delete emails older than 30 days.
The setting for deleting emails after a particular time is found under the advanced settings for a folder and is called Auto-purge.

LazyGun · 31 Jul 2020, 08:13 PM

Gardenweed, that'll do the job perfectly.
I got so caught up think about rules I never even considered another way.

Many thanks!

31 Jul 2020, 06:45 PM	#1
LazyGun Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 128	Delete based on age of email? Hi all, Question for ye: Is it possible to set a rule either in Rules or via Sieve that will delete based on the age of a mail. If sender: X AND IF Date: >30 days THEN Delete My aim is to automatically delete (or send to trash) subscription based emails once they're past their prime as it were.

31 Jul 2020, 08:10 PM	#2
gardenweed Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Perth Posts: 664	Rules and sieve work on new incoming emails. So not really applicable for dealing with emails already received. To achieve what you want, I suggest shifting your subscriptions to a folder, maybe called "Subscriptions", and set that folder to delete emails older than 30 days. The setting for deleting emails after a particular time is found under the advanced settings for a folder and is called Auto-purge.

31 Jul 2020, 08:13 PM	#3
LazyGun Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 128	Gardenweed, that'll do the job perfectly. I got so caught up think about rules I never even considered another way. Many thanks!