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SETTING UP AND USING FILTERS
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A number of e-mail management functions in Eudora Light can be
done automatically using filters. For example, you can transfer
all the messages from your students into a Personal mailbox, and
raise the priority of all the messages from your boss to Highest
Priority.
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To open the Filters window, select Filters from the Window
menu.
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The Filters window is displayed, and any filters you have created
are listed on the left.
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First, to create or modify a filter, first click on the
New button or select an existing filter. |
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Second, select the options for how you want the filter to be
used: as an automatic filter to be invoked on any Incoming and/or
Outgoing mail, and as a Manual filter that can be invoked when you
select Filter Messages from the Special menu. Any combination of these
options works.
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Third, define the criteria for the filter: use the header item
popups and the text fields to specify which header items should include
a particular string of text. You can define two related terms for
the criteria so that your filter is as specific as possible. |
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Fourth, define the action to be taken on messages
that fit the criteria and save the filters. When the filters
are invoked (automatically or manually), each message is matched
against each filter, and messages that meet a filter's criteria
are acted on as specified until a Transfer To or Skip Rest
action is done. At that point, the next message is filtered.
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