Email filters help you organize incoming email messages. An email filter consists of one or several rules. By setting rules you can e.g.: trigger the following actions:
The email is moved to a specific email folder.
The email is forwarded to another email address.
The email is marked as read.
In order to use email filters, proceed as follows:
Create email folders.
Create one or several rules.
Specify an order for the rules.
Set if subsequent rules are to be processed when a rule matches.
A rule contains:
a name,
one or several conditions,
one or several actions. You can specify whether one or all conditions are to be met in order to process the actions.
You have the following options:
How to create a new rule:
Click the on the right side of the menu. Click on the menu entry .
In the side bar, click on
.In the display area, click on Create new rule window opens.
. TheEnter a name for the rule.
In order to add a condition click on
. Make a selection from the drop-down menu. You can select a criterion by clicking on . Enter an argument in the input field.Examples can be found in the Questions about email messages.
You can add additional conditions. You can then specify whether one or all conditions are to be met in order to process the actions. To do so, click on
. iconSpecify the action to be executed if the rule is met. To do so, click on
. Select an action from the menu. Depending on the action, additional details might be required.You can add additional actions.
You can set whether subsequent rules are to be processed if the rule is met. To do so, enable or disable
.Click on
.How to change existing rules:
Click the on the right side of the menu bar. In the menu click on .
In the side bar, click on
.To edit a rule's settings, click on Edit rule window.
next to the rule. Change the settings in theTo disable a rule, click on
next to the rule.To enable a rule, click on
next to the rule.To change the order, hover the mouse pointer over the next to the rule. Drag the rule up or down and drop it appropriately.