Re: downloading by date range

Mihai Lazarescu <[email protected]> Mon, 22 Jan 2024 01:51:15 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.mail.fetchmail.user
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On Sunday, January 21, 2024 at 21:57:26 +0000, graeme vetterlein:

> Then, maybe about once a month, download WITHOUT KEEP mail over 12
> months old.
>
> This would have th effect of keeping about a years worth of mail
> available online, while having a backup kept daily.
>
> It's not obvious to me what the best way to achieve this is?

I am not aware of a fetchmail feature to do this, but I do annual 
cleanups using a MUA connected directly to the server (mutt or 
the provider's webmail) and then use it to delete messages by 
date ranges.

Hope it helps.

Mihai