Not long ago (exactly Tue, 12 Oct 1999) Larry Fletcher wrote:
> Is there any way to expire messages in selected folders similar to
> the way messages in newsgroups are expired? Or to limit the number
> of messages a folder will hold, so when new messages are added old
> messages scroll off?
>
> Larry Fletcher
> Redondo Beach, CA USA
Hi all,
this is just another addition to the other solutions :-)
Perhaps using "folder-hooks" would also be an appropriate solution for
you. In my case it is the perfect way.
I use the following:
folder-hook =trash 'push T~r>2w!~F\n\;<delete>\x'
This one deletes all mails older than 2 weeks when entering the
trash-folder.
Or:
folder-hook =lists/mutt 'push T~r>2w!~F\n\;s=lists/mutt_backup\n\x'
This one saves 2week old mails from mutt-users to mutt_backup.
Greetings
Dirk
