sorry, how does vo express the little plus sign? While we are on rules, if you create a rule, you can also have a sound set when messages meeting certain criteria come in.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne Robertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2007 5:37 PM Subject: Re: How Do You Distinguish the Inbox By color? >> Here is a solution my husband came up with. You asked: >> I have been looking into how to distinguish the mail when it comes >> into the inbox by color; I have three email accounts and even >> though the mail does go into its respective folders, they all also >> go into the inbox. It would be helpful because when anyone sends >> me something from my web page at www.zeli.net it goes to a seperate >> email address and I would be able to find them faster in the nbox >> without going to the respective mailbox. I don't know if this is >> possible as I didn't see that under the color coding in the prefs, >> but thought I would ask. > > > One way to achieve this is to set up a "rule" to handle such messages. > > First, select a message of this sort in your Inbox. Then go to Mail > Preferences (command-comma) and click on the Rules tab. Click on the > Add Rule button. > > Give the rule a meaningful name (overtyping the Rule Number), then > click on the first condition pop-up button (set to "From:" by > default), changing it to "To:" or "Any Recipient:" > The second pop-up button should be left at "Contains", while the > next text field should already contain the destination e-mail address. > > Navigate to the first action pop-up button (default value "Move > Message") and reset it to "Set Color of Message". Leave the middle > pop-up at "of background" as this will stand out much more clearly > than changing the text colour. Then pick a colour to suit yourself > from the third pop-up button. If you don't like any of those on > offer, then clicking on "Other…" will display the OS X Color Picker > and allow you to set the precise shade you want. > > Then click on OK. Mail will offer to apply your new rule to messages > in open mailboxes. Do this if you feel like it—it can be a useful > test. Alternatively, you can select any message in your inbox and > summon a contextual menu, then pick "Apply Rules". > > In any case, all subsequent messages addressed to that particular > recipient will have a coloured background. You can add more criteria > at any time by repeating the process and clicking the Edit button > instead of Add Rule, then clicking the little plus sign to the right > of the criterion field. > > HTH > > > > > ============== > No faith can ever be refuted by reality, let alone by arguments. > Gerd Lüdemann > > >
