[MlMt] Old-school rules to move mails?

[Steven M. Bellovin]

On 20 Jan 2017, at 15:20, Kai Großjohann wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> I've tried to like the smart mailboxes, but somehow it doesn't click.  
> I use very few folders.  But I'm on a couple of mailing lists where I 
> would like to move the messages into separate folders.
>
> It's best to do that with server side rules, but one mail server 
> doesn't provide server side rules, so I wanted to know if it's 
> possible from the client side, i.e. in MailMate?
>
> So: when a new mail comes in, and its List-ID header says xyzzy, then 
> move that mail into a folder xyzzy.
>
Yes, it works; I do it.  (I use a very complex mix of server-side rules, 
smart folders, and client-side rules.)

Go to the inbox for the account or the unified inbox folder.  
Right-click and select "Edit Mailbox".  Click on the "Rules" tab, then 
on the "+" box in the lower left to add the rules.


         --Steve Bellovin, https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb