<p>You can use the mail filter to filter email based on information you specify in various fields. You can specify information about the subject, the sender, and other filter criteria to help filter unwanted mail.</p>
<h2>Usage Guidelines</h2>
<p>To create a mail filter, follow these steps:</p>
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<p>Click the <a class="dropspot"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Settings</span></span></a> tab on the left navigation bar.</p>
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<p>Click the <a class="dropspot"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Mail</span></span></a> button. The <a class="dropspot"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Mail Preferences</span></span></a> page appears.</p>
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<p>On the <span style="font-weight: bold"><strong>Mail Preferences</strong></span> page, click the <a class="dropspot"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Configure Filters\Blocked Senders</span></span></a> button.</p>
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<p>The <a class="dropspot"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Mail Filters page</span></span></a> appears.</p>
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<p>Click the <a class="dropspot"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Create Mail Filter</span></span></a> button. The <a class="dropspot"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Create New Mail Filter</span></span></a> page appears.</p>
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<p>Choose your mail filter using the <span style="font-weight: bold"><strong>From</strong></span> field, the <span style="font-weight: bold"><strong>Sender</strong></span> field, <span style="font-weight: bold"><strong>Subject</strong></span> field, or the <span style="font-weight: bold"><strong>CC</strong></span> field (copied recipients). You can filter these options:</p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: bold"><strong>Contains:</strong></span> When you choose contains option, the filtering process checks the <span style="font-weight: bold"><strong>From</strong></span> field of the email to see if any part of the field contains the filter string mentioned in the Phrase Text Box. If there is a match, the filter will allow the mail to pass to the next filter check.</p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: bold"><strong>Does not Contain:</strong></span> When you choose this option, the filtering process checks and only allows those mails to pass the filter, which does not contain the filter phrase in any part of the <span style="font-weight: bold"><strong>From</strong></span> field.</p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: bold"><strong>Begins With:</strong></span> The filter checks if the starting of the <span style="font-weight: bold"><strong>From</strong></span> field contains the filter phrase from the textbox. If the match happens, the filter passes the email to the next filter.</p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: bold"><strong>Ends With:</strong></span> When you check this option, the filter checks if the end of the <span style="font-weight: bold"><strong>From</strong></span> field contains the filter phrase.</p>
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<p>In the <a class="dropspot"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Move message to list</span></span></a> , select the location where you want the filtered mail to go.</p>
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<p>Click the <a class="dropspot"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Create Mail Filter</span></span></a> button</p>
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