Folders

A folder is a file in Eudora where you can add mailboxes to keep your messages organized.

PC - To create a folder, do the following:

1. Select New from the Mailbox menu. A New Mailbox dialog box will pop up. In order to create a new folder check the Make it a folder checkbox. In the following screen shot a folder called Work will be created.
   
2. Click OK.

Note: If you do not select Make it a folder a new mailbox will be created instead of a folder.

Mac - To create a folder, do the following:

1. Select New from the <<Dominant>> submenu of the Mailbox menu, otherwise the folder won't be on the IMAP server, it will be local. A New Mailbox dialog box will pop up. In order to create a new folder check the Make it a folder checkbox. In the following screen shot a folder called Staff will be created.
   
2. Click OK. A New Mailbox dialog box will pop up automatically, click Cancel to close it.

Note: If you do not select Make it a folder a new mailbox will be created instead of a folder.

Filters

Filtering Messages

Important: If you are using Eudora in Light mode, you have access to fewer features when using Eudora’s filtering functionality.

Many of the email management functions in Eudora can be done automatically using filters. For example, you can automatically reply to a request for information, transfer all the messages from your children into a personal mailbox, and label all the messages from your customers as “Hot.”

A filter can be thought of as a personal “valet” or “butler” that takes your mail and does certain things to it that you specify. One kind of valet might watch for particular mail from a mailing list and move it into a mailbox, open the message, and play a sound. Another might look for other kinds of mail and give it a label color, a high priority, and a new subject line. You can create as many of these “valets” or “butlers” as you like, and you can give each of them from one to five instructions on what to do with your mail that fits a certain set of criteria, based on information in the header of the message and the message body.

Quick and Simple Filters with the Make Filter Command

The simplest filters are those that transfer incoming messages to a particular mailbox based on the sender of the message or one or more of the recipients. For example, each time you check your mail, you may want to have Eudora take all of the incoming messages it receives from a specific email group and put it into a mailbox named for that group. To get Eudora to do this, you set up a simple filter.

For new users, the Make Filter dialog box provides an easy way to learn how to use filters. Once you are comfortable with the simple filters created this way, you can go on to make more complex, powerful filters using the Filters window. Experienced users will find that the Make Filter dialog box provides a rapid, convenient method for making a simple transfer filter.

PC - To open and use the Make Filter dialog box, do the following:

1. Open an incoming or outgoing message containing the information you want in your filter, or select one or more message summaries in a mailbox.
2. From the Special menu, choose Make Filter. The Make Filter dialog box appears. The following entries will create a filter that will send all incoming or manually filtered mail containing the text Mike Thomas <mst3k@virginia.edu> in the From field to a newly created folder called Staff. You can also choose to send messages to a pre-existing folder by selecting Transfer to Existing Mailbox and choosing the one you'd like the filter directed to, or delete them upon reciept by selecting Delete Message, which will send them to the Trash folder.
   

Mac - To open and use the Make Filter dialog box, do the following:

1. Open an incoming or outgoing message containing the information you want in your filter, or select one or more message summaries in a mailbox.
2. From the Special menu, choose Make Filter. The Make Filter dialog box appears. The following entries will create a filter that will send all incoming or manually filtered mail containing the text Mike Thomas <mst3k@virginia.edu> in the From field to a folder called Staff.