Mail filtering - selecting a folder
After selecting the
Add filter button from the main
Mail Filtering screen you are
presented with a list of your mail folders
to select the destination folder.
Select Target Mail Folder...
The Status line on the Select Target Mail Folder...
screen will show the current action, for example:
Status:
Adding SENDER filter: "myfriend@someuni.ac.uk" |
The Cancel button at the end of the line immediately below the
Select Target Mail Folder... heading returns you to the main mail
filtering screen and no action is taken.
- If the folder you wish to use is shown in the list then choose:-
- Select (no copy) if you wish the message just to
be put in the selected folder.
- Select (save copy to inbox) to put one copy in the
selected folder and one in the inbox.
A successful filter entry will then take you back to the main filter
screen with the status message and display updated to show the
new filter.
- If the folder exists, but you know that it is in another directory,
you can navigate to the right place using the
and
icons.
- If you have a long list of mail folders and wish to select a subset
of them to consider then you can use the filter dialogue:-
- The Directory field shows the name of the current directory
(default mail). Entering the name of another directory and
then selecting Apply will display the contents of that directory.
- The Filter field allows the selection of mail folders
by name. For example typing sent into the Filter
field will, once the Apply button is selected, cause the
display to change to show only mail folders with sent in
their name.
- Cancel returns you to the main mail filtering screen and
no action is taken.
- If the folder does not exist create it using the Create dialogue.
For example:-
Once you have selected the Create button
the folder is created and the
display of mail folders updated. You can then choose
one of the Select options, as described above.