Filtering your messages

Filtering applies a set of matching rules to incoming mail and then executes a specified action.

You can filter your incoming mail messages to sort them into folders. For example, you could create a rule as follows:

 
To create or edit a new filtering rule:
  1. Click the Options tab..

  2. Open the Mail Filters tab and click New Filter.

  3. The Add Filter dialog displays.

  4. In Filter Name, type the name for the rule.

  5. In the If the following conditions are met area, choose a grouping preference.  

The following steps can be repeated to set up multiple conditions and actions within a single filter.

Click , to add more conditions. You can continue to add more conditions or proceed to the next part, which is to add one or more actions.

  1. In the Perform the following actions area, choose an action from the drop-down list.

Click ,  to add more actions. You can continue to add more actions or click OK to finish.

  1. Check the Active box to turn on the Filter rule.

The filter will be applied automatically to all new incoming mail messages as they arrive.

 

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