[MlMt] Still confused about rules

[Antonio Leding]

I don’t understand why SMBOX-2; simply apply the delete rule to the 
SMBOX-1.  Why is that a bad idea?

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On 8 Apr 2025, at 15:55, Randy Abbott wrote:

>> What are you actually seeing happen at Rule 2? Perhaps there is some 
>> relationship between the Rules that is missing. Can you be more 
>> specific on the settings, pls.
>
> The code formatting seems to not have come through.
>
> "Smart Mailbox 2" is a sub-mailbox of "Smart Mailbox 1" and "Rule" is 
> attached to "Smart Mailbox 2".
>
> I would expect for "Smart Mailbox 2" to always be empty because any 
> messages that fall into it would be deleted by the rule (i.e., a 
> message is 15-days old and falls into "Smart Mailbox 2" and the rule 
> evaluates the message and permanetly deletes it). However, that is not 
> the case for me. Messages older than 14 days appear in "Smart Mailbox 
> 2" and is never deleted by the rule.
>
> Deleted Messages
> __Smart Mailbox 1 [Filters for email at example.com]
> ____Smart Mailbox 2 [Filters for messages received not within the last 
> 14 days]
> _______Rule [Permanently deletes messages received not within the last 
> 14 days]
>
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