[MlMt] Rules question..

[Randall Gellens]

On 8 Dec 2024, at 16:07, Rick Flower wrote:

> Hi all..
>
> I’m new to MailMate and like what I see so far.  I’m curious about 
> whether there’s a way to only apply a specific rule IF a message is 
> >= a specific age (in days for instance) after it initially arrives.
>
> I love the comprehensive flexibility of the rules but really want it 
> to only apply the rules after they’ve been sitting in my inbox for a 
> day or two — but some emails I’d prefer to apply the rules 
> immediately.
>
> I just thought I’d ask.. I didn’t see anything in there for now 
> but thought I’d ask in case I missed something.  Thank you!

The general way to apply rules to messages based on time is to create a 
smart mailbox that selects messages based on time and has the rule. A 
very common use is to auto-expunge deleted messages after some number of 
days. or auto-archive messages after some amount of time.

I explained the process with screen shots in a message back on August 3 
(Subject "Delete messages completely in the Deleted Messages Folder 
older than a month?") sent at 12:32pm Pacific Time. Since you're new to 
MailMate you may have joined the mailing list after that date. I don't 
want to send the explanation and images again because the list is 
configured so that attachments cause messages to get blocked until Benny 
manually approves them, which takes some time. I'll send you the message 
separately, off-list.

--Randall