[ale] Thunderbird question: how to delete messages older than a month ago?

[Scott Castaline]

Geoffrey wrote:

> Christopher Bergeron wrote:
>
>> Hi all - I was wondering if anyone knows how (or if it's possible) to
>> delete messages from a folder if they are older than X days.
>> Specifically, I have a "Mailing lists" Folder, and I have filters set up
>> that put all of my subscribed list emails into this folder.  I'd like to
>> be able to automatically purge messages that are older than 30, or maybe
>> 60 days.
>>
>> I can't seem to figure out how to do it using the Thunderbird filters.
>> Does anyone know if it can be done?
>
>
> Mozilla has a filter option of 'age in days,' which I suspect would 
> work.  Does Thunderbird not have this option in it's filters?
>
Tbird does have "age in days" option in it's filters. Last option in the 
dropdown list.

Scott C.