Rule to delete old emails?

[Dunazee]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel
Email Client: pop

I created a rule that says for the Sent Mail folder, if date sent is older than 45 days, then delete it. It doesn't work. Why?

And, see the next thread...

thx

 

[Michel Bintener]

You should use a schedule, not a rule. Rules cannot do this for you, as they
are applied to messages when they come in, or when they are sent, i.e. when
they are by default only a few seconds old. Try Tools>Schedules and create a
schedule that empties the Sent Items folder based on your criteria. You can
set it to run at startup, when you quit Entourage, or at regular intervals.

 

[Dunazee]

Thank you, Michael. You'd think, after using Entourage for all these years, that I would have known that.