Mail (El Capitan): Rules preferences
Create the conditions a message must meet for a rule to apply and the actions to take when the rule is applied. For example, you can create a rule to automatically move messages about book club events from your inbox to another mailbox.
To view these preferences in Mail, choose Mail > Preferences, click Rules, then click Add Rule.
| Description | A description of the rule, which appears in the list of rules. For example, “book club.” |
| If “any” or “all” of the following conditions are met | The rule is applied when a message meets any (even just one) of the listed conditions, or only when it meets all of the conditions. |
| Conditions list | One or more conditions a message must meet. For example, to create a condition, choose Subject from the first pop-up menu, Contains from the second one, then type “book club” in the text field. To add a message header to the first pop-up menu, choose Edit Header List from the bottom of the pop-up menu, click the Add button To add or remove a condition, click the Add button |
| Actions list | Actions to take when a message meets the required conditions. For example, to create an action, choose Move Message from the first pop-up menu, then choose a mailbox (such as “book club”) from the second one. To add or remove an action, click the Add button |
If you use iCloud Drive, your rules are available on your other Mac computers that have iCloud Drive turned on. Files attached

