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I have a rule set up that moves mail to a certain mailbox. I would like to make a rule that deletes the messages out of that mailbox (and only that mailbox) once a week.
I noticed that I can set up a Smart Mailbox with a message search criteria that says "in Mailbox __." I expected to find a similar selection criteria for creating rules, but there isn't one.
I can't believe that I am the only one that wants to run different rules on messages in specific folders. Has Apple given us a way to do this? If not, is there a work around or third party solution?
thanks,
Bob

No. You were my only response and I couldn't find an answer anywhere. Maybe now that there's been new activity on this post, someone with an answer will notice it. Here's hoping!

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