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Message filters apply actions on messages based on conditions that you have defined. You can define filters for both incoming and outgoing emails.
Filters will be automatically applied to incoming messages for local accounts (such as POP). Mail servers for remote accounts (such as IMAP) often already filter mail directly on the server as this is faster. If you want to apply your Evolution filters to remote accounts, you can enable this under
To manually apply filters on messages in a folder, select the messages and click
You can select all messages in a folder by clicking
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Enter a name in the
Define the conditions for the rule. For each condition, you first select which part of the message will be checked and then define the comparison.
For more information on the available conditions see Available Filter conditions.
If you want to define multiple conditions, define under
Select the Actions for the Filter in the
For more information on the available actions see Available Filter actions.
Note that the order of filters is very important. They are applied to the original message in sequence, like a recipe.
If your first filter has a
When you move a message to another folder, "moving" actually means appending a copy of the message to the destination folder and marking the original message for deletion. So any subsequent filter rules will be applied to the original message that is now marked for deletion. Therefore moving a message should usually appear last in a sequence of filter rules.
If you want to define multiple actions, click
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Select the filter.
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Make the desired corrections, then click
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Select the filter.
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