From: jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu   
      
   On 2025-11-07 12:30, candycanearter07 wrote:   
   > James Kuyper  wrote at 11:09 this   
   > Friday (GMT):   
   >> On 2025-11-04 16:10, candycanearter07 wrote:   
   >>> James Kuyper  wrote at 21:13 this   
   ...>>>> Mozilla Thunderbird's message filter can delete messages, and the   
   >>>> conditions for a filter can include the Date: header of the   
   >>>> message, but   
   >>>> that header can only be compared to a fixed date. If you want to filter   
   >>>> out all old messages, you'll have to periodically update the date used   
   >>>> in the comparison.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Couldn't you just check "Date before: 2025-01-01"?   
   >>   
   >> Sure, if that's the date you want to use.   
   >   
   >   
   > It seems like a reasonable date to me. How would messages from almost a   
   > year ago be that relevant?   
      
   My point was that, if you want to filter out messages that are more than   
   year old, you'll have to update it to 2026-01-01 at the end of 2026,   
   update it to 2027-01-01 at the end of 2027, etc.   
      
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