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Can I use "AND" in Outlook filters?
So, ehm, this is kind of ridiculous but it should work.
Create a new temporary category
Create a first rule that filters based on the first phrase and let it assign the temporary category (rule: ...
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How to apply automatic message filters to subfolders, too?
According to [1], set up Thunderbird to run filters on subfolders:
Click the "Tools" menu
Click the "Options" sub-menu
Select the "Advanced" and "General" tab
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Outlook rule - filter messages NOT from @domain.com
In outlook (windows 10) go to:
File
Manage rules and alerts
Click on new rule
Click on apply rule on messages I receive
Click Next
Click Next again (dont select anything) it will ask if you want the ...
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Outlook rules moving wrong emails (but works properly when rules are manually applied)
The issue was that some of my rules were based on the sender. I thought that specifying FROM <an alias> would filter only the rules that literally came from that alias. In fact, the rule moves ...
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How can I get Thunderbird to automatically move messages?
You can use message filters tool of ThunderBird.
Go to Tools -> Message Filters
Add New Filter.
Select a name, a type of match and the perform action (destination folder).
Select the source where ...
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Multiple mail server provider for one domain is possible?
You can't split different e-mail addresses in the name domain to different e-mail providers just by the use of multiple MX records.
You can have multiple MX records, but they will apply for the whole ...
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Is there a way to permanently delete Exchange/Outlook email while away?
I am using outlook 2016 and came here to find that it is not possible; however I then continued to proceed with my rule to send certain items to the deleted items and on 2016 there is now an option to ...
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What is this Outlook "Rules" warning actually telling me?
Frank and Tom aren't right on this one, well, Frank's right, but not answering the question with respect to the actual warning.
As Frank explained, and you alluded to already knowing, stop processing ...
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Search for flagged emails from the Outlook search bar/field (Ctrl+E)
Using "IsFlagged:yes" worked for me on desktop Outlook.
Viewed here
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Outlook Rule Not Working Correctly
I suspect the reason is because Sysmon is a Linux appliance using a non-Exchange client to send out the alerts. When I try to modify the From field of the rule, Outlook resolves Sysmon to an actual ...
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What is the precedence order in thunderbird message filtering?
Yes, messages will be run in order from top to bottom, meaning that the first rule will be executed, then the second rule may move the message to another folder. Note that a rule can have the option "...
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What causes Microsoft Outlook rule to be client-side only?
Server-side vs. Client-only Rules:
Client-only rules have at least one condition or action that uses an Outlook feature:
Common conditions making it a client-only rule:
Assigned to category
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How to import/export filters between accounts in Thunderbird
Copy msgfilterrules.dat from one profile folder to the other, it's that simple!
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How can i automate a rule that runs to 'run all rules' on inbox, after an imap move
I found a good hot key combo that works that runs "all rules on inbox"
Procedure
After selecting the inbox, or the box you want to run the rule on,
1) Hold the alt key down
2) Issue the following ...
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How to filter messages in Thunderbird to forward all messages with attachments?
The closest I came to a solution was to create a filter using the message header Content-Type:
Content-Type | contains | multipart/mixed
Plowing through my mails sources, I noticed that Content-Type:...
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Custom header filters in Thunderbird not working
I have had this same issue too and reached your question. To me, what "fixed" it was a thunderbird restart.
If I tried to 'run now' the filter, it didn't work at all. Then I closed thunderbird and ...
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How to set time based rules in Outlook
Create a rule to delete mail after a number of days
You can combine a Rules Wizard rule with the AutoArchive feature of
Microsoft Outlook to automatically delete messages as they age. There
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Can I use "AND" in Outlook filters?
If you know one of the words won't be in the body, say the words are A and B and B is not in the body, you can do
with A in the subject
and with B in the subject or body
do whatever
except if the ...
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Is it possible using regular expression in inbox rule criteria
I'm sorry but currently Outlook rules (up to Outlook 2016) don't support regular expressions.
The current way rules work, are that they can look for [SomeWord] in any place in the subject, but you ...
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How can I filter emails by IP in Thunderbird?
To create a filter in Thunderbird, highlight the Inbox to filter and then select Tools → Message Filters.
In the Filter Rules dialog box, enter a filter name (e.g. Spam Filter).
Under the matching ...
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In Lotus Notes 9 How do you manually run rules you've written on your inbox, without installing any other plugins / software?
Is there a way to manually run them [rules]?
Yes.
Use the Enable Run Rules On Existing Mail setting in a Mail Settings
policy to enable users to run mail rules on messages that are already
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Do spammers actually make subject lines such as "[SPAM]"? Or is this added by some filter?
While spammers arent the smartest people on the planet, they probably arent adding [SPAM] to their email.
More than likely, an automated spam filter is detecting the email as spam and adding it to ...
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Outlook rule - filter messages NOT from @domain.com
for Outlook web https://outlook.office.com/mail/ go into settings > inbox rules:
add new rule
name: anything
Add a condition > Apply to all message
Add an action > Delete
Add an exception &...
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Multiple mail server provider for one domain is possible?
Can I have a multiple MX records for different mail providers?
No.
How many MX Records can I set up?
Each domain can only have 1 MX record at a time, allowing mail to only be delivered to that one ...
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How to fix the wrong number of unread emails flag in Outlook?
I had similar issue with a unread email count of more than 4 billions.
When looking the counter it shows the 4 billion unread message and when looking into the footer I notice it is negative.
I ...
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How to apply automatic message filters to subfolders, too?
You can solve your problem by using the Shedule-Filters Add-On. It still works with TB 52, but you need to install it manually.
After the installation you need to display the usual menu bar:
and ...
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How to set time based rules in Outlook
If you right click on your 'spam' folder and select Properties, then go to AutoArchive, you should be able to archive emails older than n-days, then select to delete the emails instead of archiving ...
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Unable to receive external emails
I wouldn't expect the issues noted in the MXToolBox report to prevent others from sending email to valid accounts on your email server.
An nslookup shows the mail exchanger (MX) records for your ...
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Outlook rule to filter emails unless there's an internal address in the "To:" line only
Thanks to @thims and @harrymc for getting me most of the way there in Outlook 2010 rule based only on TO field (ignore CC field).
Also special thanks to @davidpostill for posting a bounty when I ...
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