How to Organize Your Inbox with QuickFilters in Thunderbird

How do I create mail filters in Mozilla Thunderbird?

1. Open the "Message Filters" window. Start Thunderbird and click Tools, then Message Filters:
2. Choose the mail account. Use the menu to select the mail account you want to create a rule for, then click New:
3. Create the filter rule. The "Filter Rules" window appears.

1. How do I organize emails in Thunderbird?
2. How do I make emails go to a specific folder in Thunderbird?
3. What is quick filter in Thunderbird?
4. How do I filter emails into folders?
5. How do I filter incoming emails in Thunderbird?
6. How do I export Thunderbird filters?
7. What are local folders in Thunderbird?
8. Where are Thunderbird filters stored?
9. How do you use email filters?

How do I organize emails in Thunderbird?

Compact messages

To compact all folders in Thunderbird manually, click the account on the left and then select File > Compact Folders. If your mailbox is too large then try working with one folder at a time by right-clicking on one and choosing "Compact this folder ".

How do I make emails go to a specific folder in Thunderbird?

Go to Tool tab >> Click on Message filter option.

1. A pop-up window opens, click on the New button.
2. New pop-up window open, given a suitable name of your filter. ...
3. In “Perform these action” window >> Choose your destination folder (new folder)
4. Now you're set up mail rules in Mozilla Thunderbird is ready to use.

What is quick filter in Thunderbird?

The Quick Filter toolbar helps you limit the number of messages that are displayed in the message list. It can be used, for example, to only show messages from the specific sender, messages containing a specific word or messages with attachments. The Quick Filter toolbar is displayed above the message lists.

How do I filter emails into folders?

Open an email from the sender whose messages you want to filter. Go to Message and select Rules > Create Rule. In the Create Rule dialog box, select the From [sender] check box. In the Do the following section, select the Move the item to folder check box.

How do I filter incoming emails in Thunderbird?

How do I create mail filters in Mozilla Thunderbird?

1. Open the "Message Filters" window. Start Thunderbird and click Tools, then Message Filters:
2. Choose the mail account. Use the menu to select the mail account you want to create a rule for, then click New:
3. Create the filter rule. The "Filter Rules" window appears.

How do I export Thunderbird filters?

You can use Thunderbird Message Filter Import/Export Enhanced instead which is a port of the extension. The add-on adds an Export Filters button to the Tools > Message Filters window. Just select the account that you want to export filters from and click on the Export Filters button.

What are local folders in Thunderbird?

A Thunderbird local storage folder works just like an IMAP folder, with one important difference. All local folders are stored on your PC. This means that rather than filling up your valuable / limited storage space on the email server, you are using the storage capacity of your computer's “local” hard drive.

Where are Thunderbird filters stored?

Chosen solution. Message Filters are stored in a file called msgFilterRules. dat, which is in your mail account in the Profile Name folder.

How do you use email filters?

Create rules to filter your emails

1. Open Gmail.
2. In the search box at the top, click the Down arrow .
3. Enter your search criteria. If you want to check that your search worked correctly, see what emails show up by clicking Search.
4. At the bottom of the search window, click Create filter.
5. Choose what you'd like the filter to do.
6. Click Create filter.