Another thing that can be handy is to manually drop certain emails into a generalised folder and then create a set of smart folders which pull out items of interest. Smart folders can be used on top of rules as well of course.
Also, mail rules can move a message to a specific folder but the rules themselves are not 'attached' to any specific folder - other than the Inbox that is. Cheers, Stephen On 12 Mar 2010, at 22:18, David Lazarus wrote: > > On 12 Mar 2010, at 20:17, Jason Davies wrote: > >> >> On 12 Mar 2010, at 01:15, David Lazarus wrote: >> >>> You can add as many rules as you like. I have nearly 500 mail rules. Each >>> one for a folder, and each rule can have as many sub rules as you need. You >>> can use any combination to sort the mail. >> >> >> excuse my being dense but how do I link a particular rule to a particular >> mailbox? I can only see that I can create a list in Prefs/Rules but see no >> mechanism for attaching them to anything in particular...and the Help file >> doesn't, as usual... > > Mail>prefs>rules. > > Add rules > > then decide how you want to treat the mail. It will work on any mail when you > right click and apply rules on any mail that you have highlighted. > > What I have it do is to sort all my mail into the individual folders. You can > add as many sub filters depending on what you need to do. Mark the mail as > unread so that when you apply the rules you can find it when it does not do > what you want. Then you can edit it again and try it until it works. It is a > matter of experimentation. > > David > > > > >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > “anyone who believes exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist” - Kenneth Boulding -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
