James Milligan wrote:
> Liam Wilson wrote:
>   
>> Hey, I'm using Thunderbird as my  default mail application for my  
>> Emails (As  opposed to Evolution), and as I am subscribed to a number of 
>> Mailing Lists, I thought it would be a lot simpler to organise the Lists 
>> into folders, so each list has a folder of its own. Is it possible, 
>> therefore, to have mail from a list sent automatically to the specific 
>> folder?
>>
>> For example, If I created a folder and called it UBUNTU-UK, would it be 
>> possible to have all mail from this list sent automatically to that 
>> folder as soon as it downloaded? The same goes for my other lists, such 
>> as UBUNTU-GAMING and GNU-GENERATION, could I have them separated into 
>> different files, and if so, how would I go about doing it? It would just 
>> make organizing my mail a bit easier, that's all.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Liam Wilson
>>   
>>     
> Hi Liam,
>
> Yes you can:
>
> 1. Create a new folder, using whatever name you want (for the purposes 
> of this tute I'll use Ubuntu UK List)
>
> 2. Go to Tools, then Message Filters.
>
> 3. Click New
>
> 4. Give it a name (Ubuntu UK List Filter)
>
> 5. 'Match any of the following'
>
> 6. Subject -> Contains -> '[ubuntu-uk]' for the Ubuntu UK list (this one)
>
> 7. Move Message To -> Ubuntu UK List (via dropdown)
>
> 8. Click OK
>
> 9. Click on Run Now (after selecting the filter)
>
> and that should be it!
>
> AFAIK these filters run automatically, but you might want to check.
>
> James Milligan
>
>   
Wow, it worked! Thanks a lot James!

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