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Hierdie gesprek is in die argief. Vra asseblief 'n nuwe vraag as jy hulp nodig het.

Complex message filters - ThunderBird

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rob95
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Hi

Here's something for the "wish list".

It would be very handy if message filters in Thunderbird could use and/or conditions.

For example, I would like to create a filter that does something like this: email from: news@news.com and (body contains: distribution or body contains: distribute) then move message to: somefolder

Thanks Rob

Hi Here's something for the "wish list". It would be very handy if message filters in Thunderbird could use and/or conditions. For example, I would like to create a filter that does something like this: email from: news@news.com and (body contains: distribution or body contains: distribute) then move message to: somefolder Thanks Rob

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sfhowes
sfhowes
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The filter in the attached picture should work for your example, but in general, if the text strings have no common element, separate filters for each word would be needed.

rob95
rob95 Vraag-eienaar
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Unfortunately there aren't any common words among these messages. I'll setup separate filters for each word.

Thanks

rob95
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Just had an idea... I think the body of these messages all contain a version of distribution or distribute. I'll try using just a common portion of the words ("distribut") and see if that'll work.