Thunderbird - Message Filter

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Thunderbird - Create a Message Filter

Filters, sorting your emails to different folders

Having a big flow of e-mail's dropping in your inbox can be time consuming to read, to deal with this and save yourself some time, and be able to read the right e-mails first, you might want to add a filter so Thunderbird can place the different mails in different folders.

First thing you need to do is create a new folder, I will use the folder "Sales" as the target mail folder.

As you see I've highlighted "Local Folders",
Right click and choose "New folder", you will now get the image below:
Name your folder (I used "Sales", choose whatever you like), choose where it should be located and press "OK".

If things are done right, you should now have a new subfolder under "Local folders".

You can also choose to make a new folder during the setup of making a filter, but I found it more easy to make the folder first.
Go Tools > Message Filters and you will get this window, to make a new filter press "New".

As you see from the screenshot you can choose which account this filter will apply for.
Pressing "New", you will get this window:
- First you want to give the new filter a name, I used "Sales" for this example.
- Now, the settings are the real limit for what you want here. The best way is to explore a bit on your own for what settings you want.
The filter created above filters mail based on the following:
- filters on the email address "sales@agedstock.com", and
- then moves them to the folder "Sales" and
- labels it as Important(gives it a bright, easy to spot color).
IF you are testing for more than one set of criteria select "Match all the following"!
You now have a new filter. You can change the settings/add/remove/disable/enable filters as you like.

Play a little, experiment a little, you'll get the knack!