Mail rules you create on one Mac, are transferable to another Mac using the same AppleID, but not to iOS devices.
- Brad - On Apr 21, 2021, at 13:19, Steve Matzura <[email protected]> wrote: Yup, mail rules are implemented locally, so I took care of the job on the mail server side. On 4/21/2021 1:29 PM, Steve Matzura wrote: > My thoughts as well. I suppose the only way to find this out is to test it, > which I will now go and do. > > > > On 4/21/2021 1:26 PM, Dave Carlson wrote: >> I don’t think so. The rules are adding modifications/filters to the actual >> app on the machine they inhabit. >> >> Dave Carlson >> Oregonian, Farfar, Engineer, Musician, Pioneer, and Woodworker >> >> On Apr 21, 2021, at 10:16 AM, Steve Matzura <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Let me start by saying I'm not an Apple user--really--and I'm not even a >> fan. Really. So why am I here, and why amn I on my fourth Macintosh >> computer? Because my wonderful and long-suffering wife is hip-deep into the >> Apple ecosystem with a phone, Mac and iPad, which means I, of course, am her >> first-line support. >> >> >> That said, here's my question. >> >> >> If mail rules are set up on one system--say, the computer, do those rules >> propagate to other Apple devices? For instance, if my wife uses the computer >> to retrieve mail in the morning and the rules are applied, then she picks up >> her iPad and retrieves more mail in the evening, does Apple Mail on the iPad >> act like there are no rules and dump everything into the Inbox, or do those >> rules set up on the computer get applied on the iPad? If the answer is that >> Mac Mail rules are global, my problem is easily solved--set up the folder >> filter rules on one system and they happen everywhere. On the other hand, if >> rules are not global, therefore not globally applied, I should really set >> them up on the mail server. So then, which is it? Set up filters and rules >> and such on one system and expect them to be global, or set them up on the >> front-end mail server where they really will be global before mail is even >> fetched? >> >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> Visionaries list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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