[pmmail-list] Manual Filter to Delete old E-mail

[Kenn Yuill]

Hello James et al.,
  In reply to your message, sent to
pmmail-list@blueprintsoftwareworks.com. I wrote:
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On 2003-11-19 at 21:42:45, James Moe stated:

> On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 18:33:31 -0500 (EST), Kenn Yuill wrote:
> 
> >
> >Has anyone devised or discovered a method of deleting week-old or
> >month-old e-mail using a /maintenance-free/ manual filter?
> >
>   I devised the following script to do a similar job, that of deleting files over a 
> certain age (in days) and keeping the quantity below a limit. For you only the aging 
> part is of interest.
> 

I was sure that the first example below didn't work, but I must be in
error as it works now.  I had only a few samples left to test and
these filters worked on them.  If anyone tests these filters, please
let me know if my presumptions are incorrect.

  Deletion of 1-week-old messages: h.Date<"$c.date$-7"
  Deletion of 2-week-old messages: h.Date<"$c.date$-14"

However, these expressions are simplistic, only applicable to the
current month and the age of the message in days must exceed the
criterion, since it is a simple subtraction from the last 2 digits,
AFAICT.  I suppose if Julian dates were used, then this type of
filter would work on all dates.

Ciao,
      Kenn
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