auto deletion of emails

[gracie]

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

Is it possible to set a preference to have email automatically deleted after a certain number of days?

I get 100s of emails a week and when I try to delete them in bulk, it completely screws up Entourage, and I have to rebuild the database over and over.

Last time I tried to delete a bunch of emails, I could no longer even OPEN Entourage OR Safari and had to re-install Leopard.

Thanks for any suggestions.

 

[Ed Kimball]

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

Is it possible to set a preference to have email automatically deleted after a
certain number of days?

I get 100s of emails a week and when I try to delete them in bulk, it
completely screws up Entourage, and I have to rebuild the database over and
over.

Last time I tried to delete a bunch of emails, I could no longer even OPEN
Entourage OR Safari and had to re-install Leopard.

Thanks for any suggestions.

Sure. Create a schedule whose action part deletes mail older than a certain
number days from those folders from which you want old mail deleted.

For example, I have such a schedule that runs whenever I quit Entourage (and
every two days if I don't quit in between).

 

[gracie]

Thanks, Ed, I'm on it!

gracie

 

[Diane Ross]

I get 100s of emails a week and when I try to delete them in bulk, it
completely screws up Entourage, and I have to rebuild the database over and
over.

This is not normal behavior. What size is your database?
--
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[gracie]

Hi Diane,

I'm just answering because I had to take my iMac into the shop for five days to get it all sorted out. They ended up putting in a new hard drive.

I've set my mail to auto delete so I hope that solves the problem. I AM having lots of other problems with Office 2008 though. Sigh.

 

[Diane Ross]

I've set my mail to auto delete so I hope that solves the problem. I AM having
lots of other problems with Office 2008 though. Sigh.

What kind of problems? Give us as much details as possible.