Permanently delete emails from specific domains once deleted to Trash.

ribrob · 7 Aug 2012, 08:21 PM

Hi there,

Does anyone know if it's possible to set up a filter to permanently delete specific emails once deleted to trash.

I get a lot of daily / weekly / monthly emails such as mailing lists and newsletters, that once i've deleted manually and sent it to the trash folder i don't really need to keep.

As i don't have my emails in my Trash folder to be removed by default as sometimes i need to go back to them, the newsletters and mailing list emails just build up too.

How can i setup a filter to deal with those, but just when they are in the Trash folder?

Rob

janusz · 7 Aug 2012, 08:29 PM

Not exactly a solution, but a workaround (one of many...).
When I finish with emails from mailing lists and newsletters I delete them permanently from Inbox.

FredOnline · 7 Aug 2012, 09:16 PM

Or could you class them as spam, so that they go into your Junk Mail folder?

Or create a new folder "Newsletters" (for example), and set up rules to forward to this folder.

You can use the option delete permanently to avoid the Trash folder.

sflorack · 7 Aug 2012, 09:52 PM

I wouldn't clasify them as spam, as eventually the emails will probably end up going there based on the user bayes database.

But setting up a folder with a Empty Link set to "Empty - Permanently Delete" seems like it would be the best option.

With the new interface, there is an additional folder called Archived. You would just delete folders into the trash, and then set it so that it would automatically empty every X days.

7 Aug 2012, 08:21 PM	#1
ribrob Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 28	Permanently delete emails from specific domains once deleted to Trash. Hi there, Does anyone know if it's possible to set up a filter to permanently delete specific emails once deleted to trash. I get a lot of daily / weekly / monthly emails such as mailing lists and newsletters, that once i've deleted manually and sent it to the trash folder i don't really need to keep. As i don't have my emails in my Trash folder to be removed by default as sometimes i need to go back to them, the newsletters and mailing list emails just build up too. How can i setup a filter to deal with those, but just when they are in the Trash folder? Rob

7 Aug 2012, 08:29 PM	#2
janusz The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: EU Posts: 4,945	Not exactly a solution, but a workaround (one of many...). When I finish with emails from mailing lists and newsletters I delete them permanently from Inbox.

7 Aug 2012, 09:16 PM	#3
FredOnline The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Manchester UK Posts: 2,616	Or could you class them as spam, so that they go into your Junk Mail folder? Or create a new folder "Newsletters" (for example), and set up rules to forward to this folder. You can use the option delete permanently to avoid the Trash folder.

7 Aug 2012, 09:52 PM	#4
sflorack The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,937	I wouldn't clasify them as spam, as eventually the emails will probably end up going there based on the user bayes database. But setting up a folder with a Empty Link set to "Empty - Permanently Delete" seems like it would be the best option. With the new interface, there is an additional folder called Archived. You would just delete folders into the trash, and then set it so that it would automatically empty every X days.