A filter can be thought of as a personal "valet" or "butler" that takes your mail and does certain things to it that you specify. One kind of valet might watch for particular mail from a mailing list and move it into a mailbox, open the message, and play a sound. Another might look for other kinds of mail and give it a label color, a high priority, and a new subject line.

In our example pictured above, Eudora will automatically transfer any mail whose subject contains PJM to the trash.

Step 1

Go to the Tools: menu and select Filters to open the Filters window.

Step 2

To add a new filter, click NEW.

Step 3

Select the options for how you want the filter to be used:

• Incoming: The filter is invoked when messages are received.

• Outgoing: The filter is invoked when messages are sent.

• Manual: The filter is invoked only when you choose Filter Messages from the Special: menu.

Any combination of these options will work. In our example, we've made it an Incoming filter.

Step 4

Define the criteria for the filter; use the header item drop-down menus and the text fields to specify which header items should include a particular string of text. In our example above, this filter looks at the header item Subject:. In the white space, type PJM. Now this filter will scan all incoming mails for the text PJM in the Subject: field.

Now that Eudora knows what to look for, now we need to define an action or actions to be taken on the messages that fit the criteria.

Under Action, move the mouse over the arrow next to None and click. This is the menu that will appear when you click on the arrow. It lists all the various actions that the filter can do.


In our example, we want all mail with the Subject PJM to be transferred to the trash. So we'll select Transfer to as our action.

After you've selected Transfer to, a box will appear on the right with the mailbox In listed. Click on the box that says In and a menu will drop down displaying all your mailboxes. In this example, we'll choose the mailbox named Trash.

If you are worried about having an incorrectly flagged piece of mail moved to the trash, you could create a new PJM mailbox, and have the mail transferred there. To make a new mailbox, click the Mailbox menu, and choose New.

Name the new mailbox PJM.



Then, instead of having your filter Tranfer to the Trash mailbox, have it Transer to the new PJM mailbox.

You are not limited to one action - you can have your filter perform multiple actions.

Still Not Working?

If your filters still won't work, try this Troubleshooting Guide.