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<p dir="auto">On 22 Sep 2016, at 23:35, Paula R. T. Coelho wrote:</p>
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<p dir="auto">i use MM in three different computers, office, home and laptop. in the laptop i’d like to limit the amount of space used by defining that, say, only messages 2 years back in time should be kept locally.</p>
<p dir="auto">i’m <em>almost</em> sure i’ve seen this option somewhere in time, as a hidden preference? but i didn’t find it in the online manual for hidden preferences. was I dreaming?</p>
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<p dir="auto">No, there was a hidden preference doing something like this, but it wasn't robust and I removed it. Sorry. Your best option is probably to keep the older messages in a separate mailbox(es) and then use “Edit Subscriptions” in the IMAP account editor to unsubscribe locally.</p>
<p dir="auto">-- <br>
Benny</p>
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