On Fri, Oct 15, 1999 at 12:38:20 -0700, Larry Fletcher wrote:
> On Oct 15, 1999, Byrial Jensen wrote:
> > > Is there any way to expire messages in selected folders similar to
> > > the way messages in newsgroups are expired?
> >
> > Yes, you can use the "delete-pattern" command with a pattern to
> > give the oldest messages. E.g. to delete all messages received more
> > than 20 days ago type "D~r>20d" and enter. Or you can bind the key
> > sequence to a key with a macro:
> >
> > macro index E "D~r>20d<enter>" "Expire messages older than 20 days"
>
> Thanks! This isn't the completely automated solution I was looking for,
> but it's definitely a step in the right direction.
I think that you can do it automatically with this command:
mutt -f folder-to-expire -e 'set delete;push D~r>20d<enter>q'
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Byrial
