Mac Mail 1.3 - E-mail Client for Macintosh OS X Panther

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Creating message filters:

Filters are rules telling Netscape how to manage your e-mail.  They are used in conjunction with folders.  They can be used to send e-mail automatically to folders you create or eliminate e-mails you don't want.  In this tutorial, we'll create a filter that sends a specific e-mail to the folder we created in the 'Folders' tutorial.

Note:  these screenshots cover for Mail for OS X Panther (10.3).

On the toolbar, click Mail and select Preferences from the menu.

 

The Preferences window appears.

Click the Rules button to see the screen as below.

To modify an existing rule, highlight it on the left click the Edit button.

To create a new rule, click the Add Rule button.

Both the Add Rule button and the Edit button lead to the screen below.

 

The Filter Rules window opens.

Filter name  =  give the new filter a name.

Select Match any of the following.

Note the five fields.

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

In the second field, I selected is equal to from the menu.

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

In the fourth field, I selected Transfer from the menu.

In the fifth field, I selected Family from the menus.

 

Now, any e-mail message From grandma@ispname.com will be Transferred automatically to the Family folder.

Click OK when finished.

 

The new filter now shows in the list.

You can edit and modify filters or create additional filters from here.  You can create different types of filters to manage your e-mail.  Experiment.

Click OK when finished.

 

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