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quick_guide:zimbra_filter

Zimbra - Route Incoming Mail to Folder

See also Zimbra Whitelist or Blacklist Senders

This is an example of how to automatically route specific incoming messages into a particular folder.

The basic intent is to:

  1. Tidy up your Inbox
  2. Handle repetitive messages automatically
  3. Keep repetitive messages visible

This fairly common example:

  1. Assumes you have an alias address in addition to your primary e-mail address
  2. Assumes you wish for messages addressed to the alias address to flow automatically into a particular folder

:!: In general, we don't usually create mail folders directly under the Inbox folder. However, you might consider doing so when creating folders for routing mail addressed to alias e-mail addresses.

Zimbra Web Client

ZWC → Preferences → Filters → Create Filter

Zimbra Preferences

Add a Mail Processing Filter

Optionally Create a New Destination Folder for Filtered Messages We Filter Messages Flowing Into Inbox

The Running Filter Run the New Filter

Incoming Message Notification

Generally, in most mail clients, messages arriving into a folder other than Inbox will not generate a notification or alert that a new message has arrived.

Often, with processing rules (filters), we often don't care to be notified of new messages in the folder…but sometimes you might.

In Zimbra, it's easy to set an e-mail address for notifications. If you use an SMS gateway e-mail address as the destination, you'll be notified of new e-mails via SMS text messages.

ZWC → Preferences → Mail → Receiving Messages → Message Arrival

Additional New Message Notification Options

quick_guide/zimbra_filter.txt · Last modified: 2019/09/12 09:09 by gcooper