Webmail allows you to create filters through which you can sort incoming messages into folders by defining some rules.
Below we'll provide an overview of creating and managing filters within your Webmail account.
Create New Filter
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Select
> Settings:
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Click Filters in the left pane:
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Click Add a filter to create a new filter.
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Set a Filter Name.
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There are two filter editors — Basic and Advanced. By default, when creating a new filter the Basic editor opens.
Webmail filters allow you to choose between these actions when it encounters mails that meet the defined criteria:
- Move to folder
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You can move the filtered email to either Junk or Trash
- Mark as read
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Leave the message in the inbox but mark it as read.
- Permanently delete
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Discard the email, so it does not appear in the Trash folder.
- Forward to
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Redirect the email to another email address.
- Star
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Flag the email so that it stands out and appears with a star in the email list.
- Tag With
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Mark an email with tags that you have created.
Basic Editor
In the basic editor (see above), you can specify only one action to affect emails that meet the filter criteria. E.g., you can only mark it read or move it to trash; you can’t do both.
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Choose if the incoming mails have to meet any one or all of the defined criteria.
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Define the conditions that an email has to meet for the defined action to take effect.
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Under Then choose what happens with the filtered email. You can choose only one action.
Advanced Editor
In the advanced editor (see above), you can specify multiple actions to affect emails that meet the filter criteria. E.g., you can mark it read and move it to trash.
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Click Switch to advanced.
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Choose if the incoming mails have to meet any one or all of the defined criteria.
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Define the conditions that an email has to meet for the defined action to take effect.
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To add more conditions, click + Add a condition.
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Under Then choose what happens with the filtered email. You can choose only one action.
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To add more actions click + Add an action
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Managing Filters
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Select
> Settings:
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Click Filters in the left pane.
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The right pane lists all the filters that you have created so far.
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Click and drag the
symbol for a filter to raise or lower the filter's priority. -
Check or uncheck a filter to enable or disable it.
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Click the
symbol for a filter to bring up options like Details, Run, Edit, and Delete.- Details
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Lists the conditions for an email to meet and the action to take when an email meets the filter criteria.
- Run
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Choose an account and then folder(s) on which to run the filter.
- Edit
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Opens the appropriate editor — Basic or Advanced — to edit a filter.
- Delete
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Prompts a confirmation dialog before deleting a filter.
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