Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 15:53:49 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky <oceanare@pacific.net.sg> To: Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> Cc: FreeBSD - Ports <freebsd-ports@freeBSD.org> Subject: Re: OT - Filter for Thunderbird Message-ID: <41C5338D.3090508@pacific.net.sg> In-Reply-To: <41C4F442.5070200@makeworld.com> References: <41C45B6B.2030801@makeworld.com> <41C4CE31.7090206@pacific.net.sg> <41C4F442.5070200@makeworld.com>
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Hi, Chris wrote: > Erich Dollansky wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Chris wrote: >> >>> Sorry for posting here - but perhaps someone has done this. Is so, reply >>> please. >>> >>> I wish to create a filter based on the Subject, in short, I want it to >>> flag all duplicate emails. Has someone done this? >>> >> I think the access to the other mails is missing. >> >> The main problem will be the time it could take if people have a huge >> archive with many, many different folders if Firefox keeps only one >> index per folder. >> >> Erich > > > No - I think you totally missed the point. I have duplicate mails I > would love to create a filter to remove. Opposed to going through 1700 > plus mails and removing them by hand. > I do not think so but I see now that my answer was pretty short. The filter looks always only onto an individual mail. It does not allow - at least not as far as I know - to link two mails with each other to create a filter. WIth other words, it is not possible to say "DELETE if SUBJECT == other.SUBJECT". > If I failed to articulate that - then it's my fault. 1:1 Erich
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