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<p dir="auto">On 3 Aug 2024, at 11:21, Henry Seiden wrote:</p>
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<p dir="auto">In my case:</p>
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<li>Smart Mailbox, “Auto-ex Junk A”: Select 3 accounts, Junk Folder(s), Condition = Date more than 2 DAYS, Actions: expunge (Delete).</li>
<li>Smart Mailbox, “Auto-exJunk B”: Selects 6 accounts, Junk Folders, Condition = Date > 30 DAYS. Action: expunge (Delete).</li>
<li>Smart Mailbox, “Auto-ex Deleted A”: Selects 3 accounts, Deleted Folder(s), Conditions = Date > 2 DAYS, Action: Expunge (Delete).</li>
<li>Smart Mailbox. Auto-expunge Deleted B”: Selects 6 accounts, Deleted Messages. Conditions: = Date > 30days. Actions: expunge (Delete).</li>
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<p dir="auto">I will first select the parameters in eachSmart Mailbox, then if it’s looking good, go in and perform the actions so it filters from then on at the Server machine.</p>
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<p dir="auto">I sent a detailed reply yesterday but because it has screen shots it's been help up waiting for Benny to approve it. The screen shots show how I set up the smart mailboxes and the rules.</p>
<p dir="auto">I'd suggest using "Date Received" rather than "Date" as it's more accurate (not dependent on a source generating header fields correctly).</p>
<p dir="auto">I'd suggest making the action "Set Tag/Keyword" rather than "Delete Permanently" as a way to test it. Set a new tag so that you can see which messages it will act on.</p>
<p dir="auto">In my detailed reply with screen shots yesterday, I omitted a step that's important, my apologies. When you double-click the name of a smart mailbox, it opens the pane where you set the real mailboxes that the smart mailbox applies to. In the upper right corner, there are four icons. The second of these is "Conditions for messages displayed." Click that and add the rule [Date-received] [is not within last] [<desired time period>]. Then proceed with right-clicking the name of the smart mailbox and selecting "Edit Rules" and set a rule with the same condition and the "Delete Permanently" action (or the "Set Tag/Keyword" action as a test).</p>
<p dir="auto">--Randall</p>
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