How to set up client-side filters with email client software?

(Note: The following information is about set up client-side mail filters. For information about server-side mail filters, please refer to this FAQ).

Message filters/rules allow you to manage your messages in order to perform certain actions (filtering) on incoming messages to a particular folder. It operate on per-subject, per-account etc.

For Outlook Express 6.0:

For Eudora 5.0:

Note:

The following examples are for reference only, please always refer to the Online Help and Manuals of the corresponding software for the detailed explanation and the latest information.
You should check the junk / spam email to make sure that important messages are not being sent here.
You ought to clear your junk / spam email regularly to get rid of exceeding quota.

For Outlook Express 6.0:

a1. Click "Tools", "Message Rules" then select "Mail".

Click "Tools", "Message Rules" then select "Mail"

a2. Select one of the options under "Select the Conditions for your rule" and click "where the message is from the specified account".

a3. Click on "specified" account. Then, choose which email address you want to separate from your inbox. Click "OK".

Select the Conditions for your rule

a4. Or, click "where the From line contains people".

a5. Click on "contains people".

Select the Conditions for your rule

a6. Click on "Move it to the specified folder" and "specified". (Note: Name of the rule can be renamed.)

Select the Actions for your rule

a7. Click "New Folder" button to name folder and put junk / spam mail into and click "OK".

Click "New Folder" button

a8. "My Junk Email" is just an example.

enter folder name

a9. Click "OK" to exit or click "New" to add additional rule.

click "New" to add additional rule

For Eudora 5.0:

b1. In this example, it is shown that Eudora will transfer any mail From: "sender@sendmail.com" to a mailbox named "Junk Mail", then it will also play a sound. Click "Tools" and then "Filters" of the menu bar.

Click "Tools" and then "Filters" of the menu bar

b2. Click the "New" Button in order to create a filter.

b3. Place a tick beside "Incoming".

Place a tick beside "Incoming"

b4. Use the drop-down lists of "Header" to set the criteria for the filter. (e.g. From:)

Use the drop-down lists of "Header" to set the criteria for the filter

b5. Type the email address (or part of it ) at the text field below the "Header" to specify it should include a particular string of text. (Example: sender@sendmail.com)

b6. Move cursor to the first drop-down lists of "Action", click the arrow.

Move cursor to the first drop-down lists of "Action", click the arrow