The additional idea here is the ability to set vanishing time for attachments (6M, 1Y, etc) so you will save a lot of space in you email postbox.
additionally we have so more granulated control like:
set the message size to delete (greater then)
choosing the type of attachment to delete (file, audio, media)
of cause setting the past time (6M, 1Y, etc)
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Actual behavior
delete ALL messages automatically after some time or delete a message manually