want incoming mail to 'automatically' go to specific folder

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want incoming mail to 'automatically' go to specific folder

I'm getting a lot of mail from a particular source that I want to keep, but not fill up my mailbox every day.

Is there a way to set 'Mail' to automatically siphon off these incoming emails to a particular folder?

Is this what 'smart folders' are?

I just want to know it is possible and I'll do my homework.

Thank you most kindly,

Ben

G5 2.5Ghz, Mac OS X (10.4.2)

Posted on Mar 7, 2007 1:07 PM

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Answer 1

Mar 7, 2007 1:15 PM in response to Ben Low

Smart folders don't actually move the mail - you can set up a smart mailbox, where you will see nothing but these messages, but thay will actually exist in, and still be visible in, the inbox.

Make an ordinary (dumb) mailbox and set up a rule to identify the messages and move them to your dumb mailbox.

AK

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Answer 2

Mar 7, 2007 1:16 PM in response to Ben Low

A Smart Folder will automatically update itself based on the criteria that you configure it to use. However, the messages stay in their respective folders.

If you wanted instead to move the message as it's delivered to a separate folder, you should:
*create the folder
*create a Rule (under Preferences, Rules) to direct all incoming e-mail from the source/person to that folder

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Answer 3

Ben Low Author

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Mar 8, 2007 4:58 PM in response to Charles Barthmann

Thank you guys,

Easy.

Much appreciated.

Ben

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