Mulberry

Folders and Filters

Information on organizing messages into folders that Mulberry calls mailboxes and using filters to process and sort incoming messages based on criteria you select.

Table of Contents

Creating a folder

  1. In Mulberry, click New Messages in the Server Window.
  2. Click the Create button.
  3. Select Create a Mailbox to contain messages in Create Mailbox window.
  4. Enter name of folder into text box after Name:.
  5. Click Subscribe when created.
  6. Click the OK button.

Deleting a folder

  1. In Mulberry, click the name of the folder to be deleted in the Server Window.
  2. Click Mailbox on the Menu bar.
  3. Click Delete Mailbox….
  4. Click the Yes button.

Using filters

Mulberry calls filters rules. Filters allow you to process incoming messages based on criteria you select. As this movement is done only within Mulberry and only after you login to the Central Mail Service (CMS), you may want to consider using Server Side Rules (which process messages as they arrive at your account) instead of Mulberry filters. Mulberry filters, by default, apply to messages incoming to your Inbox after a rule is created.

  1. In Mulberry, choose Mailbox:
    • Macintosh: From the Mulberry menu.
    • Windows: From the File menu.
  2. Click Rule….
  3. Click the Rule button.
  4. Type a name for the rule after Name:.
  5. Click the button next to Triggered By.
  6. Click All incoming mail.
  7. Click the button next to Triggered By.
  8. Click the button next to Apply Rules Menu.
  9. In Find Messages whose, click the From Address button and select a field to match.
  10. In Find Messages whose, click the Contains button and select how the match should happen.
  11. In Actions, click the Set Flag button and choose the action you want the rule to take when there is a match.
  12. In Actions, complete how the action is to happen, which will vary by the action you choose.
  13. Click the OK button.
  14. Close the Rules window.

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