[pmmail-list] Filter question

Carl S. Hayes (AKA Business Intelligence) pmmail-list@blueprintsoftwareworks.com
Mon, 21 Apr 2003 20:55:49 -0400


Thanks so much James for the tutorial.  I'll have to take a
closer look at the help file.

Carl

On Mon, 21 Apr 2003 13:53:56 -0700 (MST), James Moe wrote:

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>On Mon, 21 Apr 2003 12:44:09 -0600, Carl S. Hayes (AKA Business Intelligence) wrote:
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>>As best I can tel there is no way to search the body for a word  or
>>words, and for example if I have a filter for the h.suvject="xxxx" and
>>we get an Email with XXX or xxx in the subject it jus bypasses
>>the filter and goes to the inbox.
>>
>  (All of this and more is in the online help for Filters and the filter language 
>ICSL.)
>
>  To search the body of a message for one or more of a set of words:
>    ( body = "word1"
>    | body = "word2"
>    | body = "word3"
>       ...etc...
>    )
>The parentheses are handy if you want to add exceptions to the main rule. For instance 
>if Jane Doe persistently uses word1, you add the exception:
>    & !(from = "Jane Doe")
>
>
>  To search for a substring of the form XXX*:
>    h.subject.b = "xxx"
>
>It finds xxx, xxxx, xxxxx, xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, etc.
>
>
>  To filter incoming mail and move a message:
>1. Go to Account->Filters...
>2. Select (or create) a filter
>3. In the "Type" section select "Incoming"
>4. In The "Actions" sections select "Move Message" in the first dropdown.
>5. To the right another dropdown appears. Select the folder to move the message.
>6. Select OK.
>
>
>
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>jimoe at sohnen-moe dot com
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