[MlMt] Rules

[John Cooper]

Randall Gellens wrote (at 17:20 on 18 Jan 2018):

> However, what is the difference between the Conditions section and the 
> conditions created in the Rules section?

The Conditions section affects what you see in the mailbox. For example, 
I have a smart mailbox that includes every message that has "MailMate 
Users" or "freron.com" somewhere in the To: field AND is not in the 
Trash. When I click on it, I see all the messages to and from this list 
or from Benny in one place.

The Rules section affects what happens to messages when they arrive in 
the mailbox. The conditions there specify which messages these actions 
should apply to. Rules (not Submailboxes) is where you control messages 
being moved to other IMAP folders.

> I'm guessing Submailboxes lets you create default rules for either 
> moving mail or virtual mailboxes, but I haven't tried it.

Submailboxes are like filters that show you only the messages in a 
mailbox that meet the criteria. For example, the main Inbox folder may 
have a submailbox for each account that you have, so that you can click 
on a submailbox to see only the messages that are in the Inbox for each 
account. The Mailings Lists smart folder has a submailbox for each 
mailing list that you subscribe to.

> Also, what are the various specifiers for rule conditions (e.g., 
> 'Received' has six, one of which has two sub ones)?  I've been picking 
> "No Specifier" but would like to what what they are.

I'm having trouble finding "Received," but in general, the various 
specifiers are all the possible parts of an email message that are 
specified by the official design documents (RFCs) for the email 
standard. They are not well documented and that's something I've asked 
about too.