iCloud: Filter email automatically
You can set up rules to automatically filter incoming email messages or reorganize email messages you’ve already received. For example, you can create a rule that forwards certain email messages to a specific email address. You can later edit and delete these rules as desired.
Set up rules to filter email
In iCloud Mail, click the Action pop-up menu
in the sidebar, then choose Rules.Click Add a Rule.
Use the menus and text fields to specify the filtering conditions, then click Done.
In the “Name or email address” field, enter a sender’s full or partial name, a complete email address, or an email address domain (the part of the email address after the @ symbol).
To add another rule, repeat steps 2 and 3.
If you have multiple rules, they’re applied in the order in which they appear in the Rules list. To change the order, drag a rule up or down in the list.
Click Done.
Important: If you apply rules to a folder and then delete the folder or change its name, make sure to update the rules for those folders accordingly. For example, you can’t forward email messages to a deleted folder.
Change or remove email filtering rules
In iCloud Mail, click the Action pop-up menu
in the sidebar, then choose Rules.Select the rule you want to change, then do any of the following:
Change a rule: Click the Info button
, specify new filtering conditions in the menus and text fields, then click Done.Delete a rule: Select it, then press Delete.
Delete multiple rules: Select them, then press Delete.
To select multiple adjacent rules, Shift-click them. To select multiple non-adjacent rules on a Mac, Command-click them. To select all rules on a Mac, press Command-A.
Change the order of rules: Drag them up or down in the list.
To select multiple adjacent rules, Shift-click them. To select multiple non-adjacent rules on a Mac, Command-click them. To select all rules on a Mac, press Command-A.
When you have multiple rules, they’re applied in the order in which they appear in the list.
Click Done.
Note: It may take up to 15 minutes for new or changed rules to take effect on incoming messages.