Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger: Peachpit Learning Series

Filter your incoming mail

Create rules, or filters, to sort incoming mail into the appropriate mailbox. First, create the mailboxes you want for organizing (see opposite page). Then:

1.	From the Mail menu, choose “Preferences….”
2.	Single-click on the “Rules” icon. Single-click “Add Rule.”
3.	Choose your parameters for the type of mail coming in and what to do with it. (If you forgot to make a special mailbox for something, you can actually do it while the preferences pane is open on your screen; use the Mailbox menu.) In the example below, I first made a new mailbox called “Edits.” Then I created a new rule to find any incoming mail from my editor, Nancy Davis. When found, I want that message to go straight into the “Edits” folder and play a ...