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Thunderbird Folders (filters)

bigtimecharlie · 2008-03-13 11:46:12

I have successfully set up folders for incoming mail and when I receive mail it moves to the required folder. However, some folders will not populate with the incoming mail, or the incoming mail will not move to the folder set-up for it. I've tried every combination available for the folders that don't work. Anyone any…

13-03-2008 12:46pm

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I have successfully set up folders for incoming mail and when I receive mail it moves to the required folder.

However, some folders will not populate with the incoming mail, or the incoming mail will not move to the folder set-up for it. I've tried every combination available for the folders that don't work.

Anyone any idea's about this?

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#2 13-03-2008 1:03pm

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Any examples of your filter and mail that doesn't work?

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#3 13-03-2008 2:20pm

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I set up a folder called Family and then for the options I set "Sender" contains xxxxxxxxxx (family surname). Mail arrives from my family members as normal but stays in the inbox and I then manually move it to the Family folder

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http://kb.mozillazine.org/Thunderbird_:_FAQs_:_Filters#Troubleshooting

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#5 22-03-2008 3:44pm

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Thanks for that link, Sherifu. As the ling suggests, I have changed the filter from "Sender" (which Thunderbird displays) to "From" and this has done the trick.

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