Feature Request: Automatically Run Filters on All Folders, Not Just the Inbox
Categories
(Thunderbird :: Filters, defect)
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(Not tracked)
People
(Reporter: steven, Unassigned)
Details
(Whiteboard: [support])
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:66.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/66.0
Steps to reproduce:
I attempted to use filters to delete email in a non-inbox folder that was older than 7 days.
Actual results:
There was no option to automatically execute a filter on anything other than the Inbox.
Expected results:
A "move message from" field should exist in the Filters dialog box that allows the automatic execution of filters on non-Inbox folders. This would greatly improve Thunderbird's ability to act as a digital mailroom for my email by enabling me to manage automated reporting emails and keep my inbox clean overall.
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Updated•5 years ago
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Comment 1•5 years ago
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Thanks for the idea. When you entered your issue summary you should have been presented with a list of possible matches. bug 428574 should have showed up - the issue is covered there.
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Comment 2•5 years ago
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That's an 11 year old bug for Thunderbird 2. The workaround mentioned is also buried in a config boolean. I find it completely inane to expect the user to dig that far into the Config Editor for this.
There's also the fact that this doesn't really meet my request. I want to be able to run filters on a per-folder basis. I want the ability to set filters only for specific folders. The workaround would run all filters on all folders. This means that filters that I intended to execute on the Inbox, for example, would execute on everything, creating even more of a mess.
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Updated•5 years ago
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Comment 3•5 years ago
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My main reason for the request is the following. I have several folders set up for thing such as email newsletters, bug tracking messages (Bugzilla included), etc. I want the ability to set up a filter that will automatically delete messages from these folders that are older than one week. I can already set a filter for the date, but it's either on the Inbox (default behavior) or everything (the config flag). I want to be able to set the filter for those specific folders.
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Comment 4•5 years ago
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You don't need a filter to automatically delete messages from folders based on age - that is actually overkill. Plus probably also won't work unless you run the filter manually.
Have a look at retention within folder properties.
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Comment 5•5 years ago
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Retention is exactly what I was thinking about. This helps a lot.
That being said, the online docs on this are sporadic at best. Has anyone ever written any how-to books for Thunderbird that would have this better featured?
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Comment 6•5 years ago
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There is a manual at http://write.flossmanuals.net/thunderbird/
http://write.flossmanuals.net/thunderbird/useful-tips-and-tricks/ mentions retention
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