Netscape 4 - E-mail Client for Macintosh Classic

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Creating message filters:

Message filters can help you organize your e-mail messages as well as delete unwanted messages automatically.  They work in conjunction with folders.  To learn how to create folders, click the 'Folders' link above.

In this example we'll create a message filter that will allow Netscape to automatically send e-mail to a specified folder.

On the Toolbar, click Edit and select Message Filters from the menu.

 

The Message Filter window appears.

Click the New button.

 

Filter name  =  give the filter a name.  Make it distinctive, especially if you plan on creating others filters.  In this example, I gave the filter the name 'Grandma'.

Select Match any of the following.

Note the five fields.

In the first field, I selected sender from the menu.

In the second field, I selected is.

In the third field, I entered granny@ispname.com.

In the fourth field, select Move to folder from the menu.

In the fifth field, select the 'Family' folder.

This means that when the 'Sender' field of an e-mail 'is' the 'granny@ispname.com', Netscape will automatically send it to the Family folder.

 

The final result is shown below.  Now whenever I receive an e-mail from 'granny', Netscape will automatically send it to the Family folder.

Note:  you can also have Netscape delete automatically certain e-mails that you don't want to see.  Experiment.

Click OK when finished.

 

The new filter now appears in the window.

You can create a wide variety of filters and as many as you need.

Click OK when finished.

 

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