Mail (El Capitan): Rules preferences

Add Rule settings
Add Rule settings in Mail

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 , enter a header name, then click OK.

To add or remove a condition, click the Add button or the Remove button at the end of a row.

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 or the Remove button at the end of a row.

If you use iCloud Drive, your rules are available on your other Mac computers that have iCloud Drive turned on. Files attached

Last Modified: Sep 30, 2015
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