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**(71) How do I use filter rules?**
You can edit filter rules by long pressing a folder in the folder list.
The rules will be applied to new messages received in the folder, not to existing messages.
New rules will be applied to new messages received in the folder, not to existing messages.
You can check the rule and apply the rule to existing messages or, alternatively, long press the rule in the rule list and select *Execute now*.
You'll need to give a rule a name and you'll need to define the order in which a rule should be executed relative to other rules.
You can disable a rule and you can stop processing other rules after a rule has been executed.
All the conditions of a rule need to be true for a filter rule to be executed.
Conditions are optional, but there needs to be at least one condition.
The following rule conditions are available:
* Sender contains
* Recipient contains
* Subject contains
* Has attachments
* Header contains
* Time between
All the conditions of a rule need to be true for the rule action to be executed.
All conditions are optional, but there needs to be at least one condition, to prevent matching all messages.
Matching all messages is still possible by using a regex for the sender or recipient address, if you really want to.
You can use multiple rules, possibly with a *stop processing*, for an *or* or a *not* condition.
Matching is not case sensitive, unless you use [regular expressions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_expression).
In the *more* message menu there is an item to create a rule for a received message with the most common conditions filled in.
You can select one of these actions to apply to matching messages:
* No action (useful for *not*)
* Mark as read
* Mark as unread
* Hide
* Suppress notification
* Snooze
* Add star
* Add keyword
* Move
* Copy (Gmail: label)
* Reply template
* Automation (Tasker, etc)
Filter rules are applied directly after the message header has been fetched, before the message text has been downloaded,
so it is not possible to apply filter conditions and actions to the message text.
Rules are applied directly after the message header has been fetched, but before the message text has been downloaded,
so it is not possible to apply conditions and actions to the message text.
Note that large message texts are downloaded on demand on a metered connection to save data.
Since message headers are not downloaded and stored by default to save on battery and data usage and to save storage space
it is not possible to preview which messages would match the rule conditions.
it is not possible to preview which messages would match the header rule condition.
In the *more* message menu there is an item to create a rule for a received message with the most common conditions filled in.
Using filter rules is a pro feature.
Using rules is a pro feature.
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