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Feature suggestion: Add a filtered folder for newsletters (that only keeps the current one)

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One feature that would be eminently helpful would be a filter folder / box that saves the last email message (or the last specified number of messages) from a newsletter or vendor site. I am subscribed to so many, but sometimes I'm only looking for the last few promotions, or coupons, or notifications, etc. I don't want to keep all the emails and to have to clean them out from time-to-time.

Having Thunderbird automatically delete a certain number or older than a certain date would be ideal. Emails that go into this box could be filtered by sender, and learning could be automated by right-clicking on those emails before they are sent into this box.

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One feature that would be eminently helpful would be a filter folder / box that saves the last email message (or the last specified number of messages) from a newsletter or vendor site. I am subscribed to so many, but sometimes I'm only looking for the last few promotions, or coupons, or notifications, etc. I don't want to keep all the emails and to have to clean them out from time-to-time. Having Thunderbird automatically delete a certain number or older than a certain date would be ideal. Emails that go into this box could be filtered by sender, and learning could be automated by right-clicking on those emails before they are sent into this box. Thoughts?

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Filters run automatically only on the Inbox, but can run manually on any folder.

If some vendors send messages more or less frequently, create a separate filter for each one, with different Age in Days.

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Create a filter like the one in the attached picture. Add a specific sender, or create an address book, e.g. testbook, that contains the addresses of all the senders you wish to filter.

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Filters_(Thunderbird)

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Two comments:

  1. Seems like this would need to be manually run, and on a regular basis
  2. I would prefer a certain number from any given vendor, rather than age, but I understand that this is currently the only way to do it.

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Isisombululo Esikhethiwe

Filters run automatically only on the Inbox, but can run manually on any folder.

If some vendors send messages more or less frequently, create a separate filter for each one, with different Age in Days.

Okulungisiwe ngu sfhowes

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Not quite the elegance I was hoping for, but OK.

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Also, I do want to acknowledge the hard and charitable work of the developers. Really, a big thank you.