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Re: Thunderbird/icedove behaviour on message delete



On Sun, 22 Jan 2012 03:48:09 +0100
godo <goran@dobosevic.com> wrote:

> On 01/21/2012 04:19 PM, richard wrote:
> > Greetings,
> > I've searched through the menus and asked on the  Tbird forum, no luck :)
> > on one off the menus there is the option to either hide  or strike though
> > a message when deleted, and also to hide messages older than so many days.
> >
> > Can anyone remember how to find that menu as I've forgotten where it is and
> > and cant find it, yes I'm getting old and the daft old farts grey cells
> > aren't as active as they used to be :(
> >
> >
> > TIA
> >
> Hi,
> you can make sub directory "old mails" and make filter "Age in days" "is 
> greater than" "put_some_number_here" action: "Move message to" "old mails".
> Its not hide message but is similar :-)
> 

Thats the way I would normally do it, and the way I do it on Claws mail which I
use.
BUT when setting up the mail filters I stumbled across a menu that allowed
either delete or hide as the options with age.
The problem is I can't find it to alter the age at which to hide again.
Maybe a hidden function, no pun intended.


-- 
Best wishes / 73
Richard Bown

e-mail: richard@g8jvm.com   or   richard.bown@blueyonder.co.uk

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