[MarkLT1]

1) Make a rule such that, if a subject line contains a specified string, say [mailing list name], then remove that string from the subject line. So

subject: [mailing list] subect line info

would turn to:

subject: subject line info


2) If an email in one of my hard drive based mailboxes, is older than, say 5 days, delete it.

I would assume both of these would need to be done with applescript, and put them together, and you have a great mailing list viewer. Any ideas on how to accomplish this (I am pretty bad at applescript)

-Mark

[kennedy]

What's the value of getting rid of the mailing list name from the subject? I don't get that. I guess it'll save a bit of space in your header list, if you have limited screen space.

Here's the poor man's version... have your rule just delete the message. Then setup your trash to erase deleted messages that are a week old.

Then when you want to view your mail list, go to Trash and sort by Subject. That gets everything in the mail list together, and then sorted by thread.

Just an easy way out.