Re: Mutt and monthly delete old messages

From	Jochen Spieker <ml@well-adjusted.de>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Mutt and monthly delete old messages
Date	2016-10-02 23:30 +0200
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Mark Fletcher:
> 
> So I was thinking of implementing a policy of deleting messages from 
> this mail folder on my PC (the one Mutt is looking at) on a say monthly 
> basis.

If you prefer a mutt-only solution (without archivemail) you could also
use a hook to mark all mails older than 30 days for deletion whenever
you open the corresponding mailbox.

Untested, adapt "debian" to match your mailbox name:

folder-hook =debian      'push  "<delete-pattern> ~d>30d\n"'

Mutt will then mark older messages for deletion when you enter the
mailbox and ask for confirmation when you quit mutt, change to a
different mailbox or press '$'.

J.
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Mutt and monthly delete old messages Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2016-09-26 16:40 +0200
  Re: Mutt and monthly delete old messages Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-09-26 17:10 +0200
    Re: Mutt and monthly delete old messages Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2016-09-27 01:00 +0200
      Re: Mutt and monthly delete old messages Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2016-10-03 12:00 +0200
  Re: Mutt and monthly delete old messages Jochen Spieker <ml@well-adjusted.de> - 2016-10-02 23:30 +0200

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