Create an email message filter
1.
In a browser on your computer, on the BlackBerry® Mail web site, in the left pane, click Email Account.
2. Click the Filter icon beside your BlackBerry email address.
3. Perform one of the following actions:
• If you have not created other email message filters, click Add A Filter.
• If you have created other email message filters, click Add Filter.
4. In the Filter name field, type a filter name.
5. In the Apply filter when drop-down list, select when to apply the email message filter.
6. If prompted, in the Contains field, type the text that the email message filter applies to.
7. Change the notification options for the email message filter and click Add Filter.
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Options for email message filters
New mail arrives:
Set whether the email message filter applies only to new email messages.
A high-priority mail arrives:
Set whether the email message filter applies only to email messages with high importance.
From field contains:
Specify the email address that the email message filter should search for in the From field of email messages. To create a specific
email message filter, type an email address. To specify that the email message filter should search for all email messages that contain
specific text, type part of an email address. For example, type dianne for email addresses that start with "dianne," or type
wilhelm@blackberry for email addresses that contain "wilhelm@blackberry." To forward or block email messages from multiple
contacts, separate each email address with a semicolon (;).
Subject field contains:
Type the text that the email message filter should search for in the subject of email messages. To specify that the email message filter
should search for all email messages that contain specifc keywords, type part of a keyword. For example, type re for keywords such
as "request," "regarding," and so on.
To field contains:
Specify an email address that the email message filter should search for in the To field of email messages. The address can be your
email address or another email address. If the email address belongs to a mailing list, the email message filter will not block email
messages from the mailing list unless you create another email message filter for the email address of that mailing list.
CC field contains:
Specify an email address that the email message filter should search for in the CC field of email messages. The address can be your
email address or another email address. If the email address belongs to a mailing list, the email message filter will not block email
messages from the mailing list unless you create another email message filter for the email address of that mailing list.
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Managing email messages
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