30.11 Date filter
30.11.1 Overview ¶
The date filter checks the received date of the message - the time when it arrived in the mailbox. It limits the processing scope to certain time periods (e.g. "only mails from the last 30 days" or a fixed quarterly range).
30.11.2 Operators ¶
| Operator |
Description |
| is within the last X |
Received date is no older than X periods (counted from today) |
| is older than X |
Received date is at least X periods old |
| is between |
Received date lies between two fixed dates (From/To) |
Periods: days, weeks, months, or years.
30.11.3 Fields in the filter editor ¶
For "is within the last" / "is older than"
| Field |
Description |
| Value |
Numeric value (e.g. 7) |
| Period |
Days / Weeks / Months / Years |
Example: 7 days for "last week", 1 year for "this and last year".
For "is between"
| Field |
Description |
| From |
Start date (inclusive, from 00:00) |
| To |
End date (inclusive, until 23:59) |
30.11.4 Use cases ¶
Current processing - last 30 days
Received date is within the last 30 days
Useful for a profile that was activated only recently and should ignore older mails.
Quarterly processing
Received date is between 01/01/2026 and 03/31/2026
Processes mails from the first quarter of 2026 only; the date is adjusted for the next quarter.
30.11.5 Tip ¶
- With the operator is within the last, the calculation is performed from the current point in time - the value shifts daily. With is between, the dates are fixed
30.11.6 "Older than" is mainly for catch-up ¶
Important: The operator is older than checks a message only at the moment it is checked - that is, when it arrives or during a catch-up run. A newly arriving email is not old enough at that point, counts as "no match" and is not checked again afterwards. The filter is therefore mainly suited to catch-up: it picks up the emails in the monitored folder that are already old enough.
If a profile should process emails as soon as they reach a certain age (e.g. "move/delete 2 weeks after arrival"), use postponed processing instead: in the general profile settings, set Delay processing to the desired period after receipt. Newly arriving emails are then processed automatically when due; the existing, already older emails are picked up once via a catch-up run.