[X4U] Mail

[Roy van der Westhuizen]

Daniel Beck replied to my mail ,

On Aug 2, 2005, at 11:46 PM, Roy van der Westhuizen wrote:


>> Can anyone help me with a mail filtering question. I run Mail 2.02
>> on 10.4.2. I have filters set up for all my mails. For incoming
>> mails they work like a dream, but for outgoing mails, they do not.
>> I have tried both setting up an additional filter criteria such as
>> if > from contains > John > filter to mailbox John, + if > to
>> contains John > filter to John. But my outgoing mails still all sit
>> in the "Sent" folder.

> Sorry to respond so late, but I'm behind in my reading. As others
> have pointed out, you must use a work-around to filter, but there is
> one that I don't believe was mentioned. It is close to the
> Applescript method that was mentioned, but may be easier. Once in a
> while, go to your Sent folder, highlight all, and pull down Apply
> Rules from the Message Menu. This will apply your filters you
> mentioned above.

Daniel, I tried that again on three mails, but they got "lost". I  
tried it a few years back and actually lost important legal mail and  
was only saved as my attorney had this mail copied to him earlier. I  
have no idea where they go to. So far the bcc method seems to work  
the best.

Regards,

Roy