Apply email filters to sent items
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Apply email filters to sent items
I never understood why TB never allowed to apply filters also to sent emails.
In the past the addon Send Filter fixed that, but now it stopped working in v60.6
Do you know if there's a way to obtain this feature again?
In the past the addon Send Filter fixed that, but now it stopped working in v60.6
Do you know if there's a way to obtain this feature again?
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Re: Apply email filters to sent items
You can still manually trigger any filters you wish against the Sent folder.
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Re: Apply email filters to sent items
Come on, that's super inconvenient. I need an automatic option.DanRaisch wrote:You can still manually trigger any filters you wish against the Sent folder.
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Re: Apply email filters to sent items
Wow.
Have you tried that same extension after setting extensions.strictCompatibility to "False"? Do that using menu path Tools->Options->Advanced->General->click on the "Config Editor" button and enter that term in the filter bar, then double click on the item to toggle it to "False". Close and restart Thunderbird and text the extension.
Have you tried that same extension after setting extensions.strictCompatibility to "False"? Do that using menu path Tools->Options->Advanced->General->click on the "Config Editor" button and enter that term in the filter bar, then double click on the item to toggle it to "False". Close and restart Thunderbird and text the extension.
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Re: Apply email filters to sent items
Sadly it's already set to false :\DanRaisch wrote:Have you tried that same extension after setting extensions.strictCompatibility to "False"? Do that using menu path Tools->Options->Advanced->General->click on the "Config Editor" button and enter that term in the filter bar, then double click on the item to toggle it to "False". Close and restart Thunderbird and text the extension.
I guess there's nothing to do about it.
Is there an official place where to request features to TB devs?
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Re: Apply email filters to sent items
https://www.bugzilla.org/developers/reporting_bugs.html Although it refers to "bugs" it's also for posting requests for features. Just don't expect a personal answer or even a prompt response to your posting.Is there an official place where to request features to TB devs?
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Re: Apply email filters to sent items
Last edited by phaolo on April 18th, 2019, 7:06 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Apply email filters to sent items
I apply filters to sent mails for different recipients all the time.phaolo wrote:I never understood why TB never allowed to apply filters also to sent emails.
In the past the addon Send Filter fixed that, but now it stopped working in v60.6
Do you know if there's a way to obtain this feature again?
Basically the filter I created to do this has these settings.
Manually run and After sending, checked. (Why manually run Walt? It's automagic)
Match all of the following, selected.
To > Contains > (the part before the @ in the address)
The filter if you were the recipient, would look like this if phaolo was the part before the @ in your email address.
Example: To > Contains > phaolo
For Perform these actions, I have,
Move message to > the recipients folder created under the account name.
Example: phaolo on Yahoo
I save the filter as recipients name-sent.
Example: phaolo-sent
What am I missing with your question?
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Re: Apply email filters to sent items
I created filters with these conditions (sadly I can't add both add\or):WaltS48 wrote: I apply filters to sent mails for different recipients all the time.
Basically the filter I created to do this has these settings.
OR
- To..contains.. [email1@exampleA.com]
- To..contains.. [email2@exampleB.com]
- etc..
THEN
- move message to.. [Sent subfolder]
But it doesn't seem to work anymore
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Re: Apply email filters to sent items
Did you select "Match ANY of the following" in the section above those filter criteria?
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Re: Apply email filters to sent items
Yes.DanRaisch wrote:Did you select "Match ANY of the following" in the section above those filter criteria?
Remember that those filters were working correctly before the latest updates.
I didn't change anything from their settings.
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Re: Apply email filters to sent items
Try switching on the Filter Log (if not already on) and clearing that log before manually triggering the filter, after confirming that there are messages in the Sent folder that will match the intended criteria of the filter.
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Re: Apply email filters to sent items
Ok, an user at bugzilla solved it.
I had to select this (new?) option in filters:
"apply filter when" > "after sending"
I had to select this (new?) option in filters:
"apply filter when" > "after sending"
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Re: Apply email filters to sent items
Checking the checkbox for "after sending" underneath "Apply filter when:" is not a new option. Browsing the release notes it appears to have been added in version 38.0.1 on June 11, 2015.