From: candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid   
      
   James Kuyper  wrote at 16:00 this Sunday (GMT):   
   > 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.   
      
      
   Doesn't seem that hard, plus you could leave it as is and still catch   
   any erroniously sent messages with a timestamp of 1996, no matter when   
   it is.   
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