WebMail

Creating Message Filters

This article provides steps on how to create a message filter in WebMail, either through the Settings feature or while in a an email message.  Message fitlers are useful to automatically sort and organize incoming mail into folders.  Fitlers can even be set to forward specific messages to other email accounts.

• Go to the WebMail Inbox window

• Click Settings

• At the Settings window, select Message Filters

     Result: The Message Filter window displays.

• Under Message Filters, select New Filter

     Result: The New Filter window displays.

• At the New Filter window, enter the following information about the new filter:

1.     Filter Name - Enter what you want to name the filter
2.     Filter - Enter what you want the filter to search, and how to search it

Use the drop-down menu to determine how which fields to search.  Check the box next to priority, if desired. 

                                   If you want to create multiple filters, do the following:

                                               -To add a line, click Add Operation.

                                               -To remove a line, click Remove next to the line you want to remove.

3.      Action - Select the checkbox to specify what you want to do with messages the filter finds.  Either discard the message, place the message in a folder, or forward the message to other email addresses.

• Click OK.

       Result: The Message Filters window reappears with the new filter.

• Enable or disable filters by marking or unmarking the checkbox in the Enabled column.  Filters can take up to 30 minutes to take effect.

• You're done!