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The E-mail application allows you to set up filters that impose conditions that routed incoming message to special folders. As you add more filters to the system, they can be used in combinations with one another to more finely filter and route messages, or they can begin to contradict one another. In the E-mail application, the order in which a filter is displayed determines the order in which it is applied. For example, you may have two filters set up: Filter 1 routes all messages from a sender named "Professor Smith" to your English folder. Filter 2 routes all messages where the Subject contains "midterm" to your Inbox. However, if Professor Smith sends a message about a midterm, it will get filtered to go to your English folder BEFORE it has a chance to go to the Inbox. However, if you set Filter 1 as the condition where Subject contains "midterm," the same message will go to the Inbox, even if it is sent from Professor Smith.
The order and interplay of the filters depends on your needs. To edit overall filter order use the following procedure:
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If you have not already done so, open the E-mail Center.
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Click the Options tab. You see the E-mail Options window, which allows you to set options for your e-mail. |
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Click the Filters link. You see the Filters window. |
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You see details about each filter that you have set up in the system, including the conditions that you have built into the filter and the order in which it is acted upon. Filter 1 takes precedence over Filter 2, which takes precedence over Filter 3, and so on through all filters that you have created.
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To reset the order of your filters, click the up or down icon associated with each filter. Note that Filter 1 will only have a down arrow and the last filter in the list will only have an up arrow.
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Once the filter order is set, click OK. To apply the new filter order to existing messages, click the Apply Filters Now button.
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