Mail Filtering
Any E-mail system has a junk mail problem similar to that of
conventional mail. You may suddenly start receiving unrequested mail
from a variety of sources. If this mail is from a particular source or
all about a particular subject, you may choose to have Messenger
automatically sort the mail into particular folders. You can even
chose to have the undesired mail sent directly to the "Trash"
folder. This process is called mail filtering. To begin, select "Mail
Filtering" from Messengers Edit menu. Since you do not have any
filters at this time, you will need to create one by clicking on the "New"
button. The "Filter Rules" dialog box will appear as shown
in Figure 4-9. Fill in a name that will describe your filter in the
first edit box, replacing the word "untitled" . By using the
drop down list boxes, you can now select how the filter will react.
For example, if you wished to send any E-mail that I sent you,
directly to the "Trash" , you would select "sender"
in the first list box, "is" in the second list box, and then
enter my E-mail address in the text box immediately to the right. In
the lower list box, you can now chose what to do with the mail. If you
chose to move it to a folder, the final list box will allow you to
select the folder within Messenger. If you chose "delete" ,
you will not have the option of selecting a folder. You can also enter
a description of the filter in the provided space. Click OK.
Sorting Mail
By default, mail is sorted in chronological order with the newest
mail at the bottom of the list. You will note that the columns in the
mail window have headings such as subject, sender, date, etc. To sort
by a particular column heading, click on the heading button. The mail
list should then be sorted based upon the heading selected. |