"OR" option in Apple Mail Rules

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"OR" option in Apple Mail Rules

Hi - Our non-profit is being bombarded by junk mail using the "contact us" address on our website. I'm trying to create an Apple Mail rule that will send mails that don't have at least one of a series of identifying words off to the Junk mailbox.

We are an amateur orchestra. So for example, we'd want logic that would look for "rehearsal" or "orchestra" or "conductor" or "brass" or "strings" (etc.), and if none of those words exist in the message text, send the mail to junk.

So far I can't figure out how to accomplish that. Can anyone suggest a solution? Thanks in advance!

MacBook Pro (2020 and later)

Posted on Jan 15, 2022 8:40 AM

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etresoft

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Jan 15, 2022 5:04 PM in response to ValleyForge

It is a bit more complex than that. Normally, in Apple Mail rules, an "OR" operation is represented as an "Any" match. However, you are also doing a negation, so that won't work. You have to flip it. You want to match "All" rules where each rules is "Message content" "does not contain" "rehearsal". Then add an identical rule for "orchestra", etc.

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Barney-15E

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Jan 15, 2022 4:27 PM in response to ValleyForge

Might be easier to create a Smart Mailbox that includes any of those criteria.

Or, you can make a rule to move a message that contains all of those criteria to some other mailbox, and create another rule that runs after that one to move all messages to Junk.

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"OR" option in Apple Mail Rules

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