It is important to note that filters are attached to folders and only act on a specific folder. Firstly, select the folder you wish to attach a filter to (most commonly Inbox). You then open the filter dialog by clicking Folder->Message Filters.. This enables you to manage all filters of this folder. You can easily (de)activate filters individually by selecting the checkbox in the column Enabled.
Add:
This creates a new filter and automatically opens a new Filter Options Dialog to let you edit the filter properties.
Edit:
This opens the Filter Options Dialog to edit your filter properties.
Remove:
Deletes the selected filter.
When opening multiple Filter Dialogs you can drag and drop filters between folders.Filters are executed in the order specified by this dialog.
Use the Up and Down buttons to change the order.
This dialog lets you change filter properties. You can open it when selecting a filter and pressing the Edit button. The upper panel lets you add/edit/remove filter criteria. The lower panel enables you to edit filter actions:
Filter description:
Specify a descriptive name for your filter.
Apply Action when..:
If you have more than one filter criteria you can choose in this checkbox if all or only one criteria needs to match to start the filter action.
Available Filters
Subject - The subject line of the message.
From - From headerfield should contain/not contain specified string.
To - To headerfield should contain/not contain specified string.
Cc - Cc headerfield should contain/not contain specified string.
Bcc - Bcc headerfield should contain/not contain specified string.
Custom Headerfield - The filter can look at any header you want, even custom ones. Enter the headerfield name in the first textbox and the search text in the second one.
Body - search in the actual text of the message.
Date - Filter message according to the date which they were sent: First, choose the conditions you want a message to meet - before a given time, or after it. Then choose the date.
Flag - First choose a flag, which can be Seen, Expunged, Flagged, etc. Choose a condition afterwards.
Priority - Choose between Highest, High, Normal, Low, Lowest
Size - Filter messages based on the size of the message in Kb (Kilobytes).
Available Filter Actions:
Move Message - Move message to specified destination folder
Copy Message - Copy message to specified destination folder
Mark as Read - Mark message as Read/Flagged/Expunged
Delete Message - Delete message
Play Sound - Plays a sound