- You will find the filtering preferences via the <quote>Configuration</quote> menu, <quote>Filtering</quote> item. From this dialogue you will be able to define new rules, modify or delete existing rules, and re-order them. Filtering rules are defined by three things: a name, a condition, and an action. The name format is optional, it's there to help you identify your existing rules. The condition format is an expression defining what Sylpheed-Claws should look for when filtering emails, for example: 'to matchcase sylpheed-claws-users' is for messages sent to any address containing 'sylpheed-claws-users'. You can easily define conditions by clicking the <quote>Define...</quote> button at the right of the field. The third part of a filtering rule is the action, which instructs Sylpheed-Claws what to do with emails matching the condition we just defined. For example, 'mark_as_read' marks the mail as read as soon as it arrives in your inbox, or 'move #mh/Mailbox/Friends' moves the mail to your 'Friends' subfolder. Here, too, a <quote>Define...</quote> button is available to help you define the action to take.
+ You will find the filtering preferences via the
+ <quote>Configuration</quote> menu, <quote>Filtering</quote> item. From
+ this dialogue you will be able to define new rules, modify or delete
+ existing rules, re-order the rules, and enable/disable them. Filtering
+ rules are defined by five things: the enabled status, a name, an account
+ name, a condition, and an action. All disabled rules are simply ignored.
+ The <quote>Name</quote> entry is optional, it's there to help you
+ identify your rules. An account name can be chosen, which will restrict
+ the rule to mail retrieved from the named account only, skipping it for
+ mail retrieved from all other accounts. The default value is
+ <quote>All</quote>, which means that the rule is global and will
+ be applied to all mail, reagrdless of the account from which it was
+ retireved, (see paragraph below). The condition format is an expression
+ defining what Claws Mail should look for when filtering mail, for
+ example: <quote>to matchcase claws-mail-users</quote> is for messages
+ sent to any address containing <quote>claws-mail-users</quote>. You can
+ easily define conditions by clicking the <quote>Define...</quote> button
+ at the right of the field. The last part of a filtering rule is the
+ action, which instructs Claws Mail what to do with mail matching
+ the condition we just defined. For example, <quote>mark_as_read</quote>
+ marks the mail as read as soon as it arrives in your inbox, or
+ <quote>move #mh/Mailbox/inbox/Friends</quote> moves the mail to your
+ <quote>Friends</quote> subfolder. Here, too, a <quote>Define...</quote>
+ button is available to help you define the action to take.