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Retention setting execution

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dog3 antwortete vor 21 Minuten
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It seems like T Bird only executes my retention settings when I open a folder. For example, my Trash folder has 3.2 MB of mail and has a 3 day retention policy set. When I click on the folder, it starts removing emails beyond that time frame and now the folder only has mail within the three day window and has only 28.7 KB. My question is whether there is a setting that will change that so that T Bird executes the retention policy for each folder when I first open T Bird, rather than waiting until I click on the folder. Thank you

It seems like T Bird only executes my retention settings when I open a folder. For example, my Trash folder has 3.2 MB of mail and has a 3 day retention policy set. When I click on the folder, it starts removing emails beyond that time frame and now the folder only has mail within the three day window and has only 28.7 KB. My question is whether there is a setting that will change that so that T Bird executes the retention policy for each folder when I first open T Bird, rather than waiting until I click on the folder. Thank you

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Lin
Lin
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I know of no setting that specifically controls that. But try this one and see if it makes a difference:

Right-click on the folder name, choose "Properties" and enable the option, "When getting new messages for this account, always check this folder."

dog3
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Thank you, I tried this on a couple of the Trash folders, No Joy and what's even stranger is that there are emails in there from 2016 yet the folder has a one (1) day retention on it.

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