How to create filters such as "if contains" like Gmail

[jackdashack]

Okay. Paid for the program but still not quite sure all it entails or how it can make life easier in mail. I mainly still get all the mail in Mailwasher and have to delete it there, as opposed to loading it in Gmail and doing the same.

In Gmail there were "add a filter" options where you enter key words in "if contains" etc. How is that done on Mailwasher? I've had it several months but haven't discovered it.

I get a ton of mail everyday marked SPAM and it's not auto deleted although I've called that domain as spam often. Also about 3x that in domains that I have to blacklist. Sometimes I wonder if I'm blacklisting the same ones over and over?

I'd appreciate any input on this . . . very much! jack

[jackdashack]

Well, it seems I've found it and learning it. Right now I'm trying to figure if you can put more than one condition on a Rule.

Say like ? ! # @ Could these be separated by commas or colons so it didn't take 4 different rules?

Thanks!

[rusticdog]

There's two kinds of filters in MailWasher, the Plain Text, and the REGEX (being Regular Expression).

Plain Text filters are exactly what you type, no wildcards, and when using Plain Text there is no way to combine conditions into a single rule.

Using Plain Text it would need to be different rules.


With REGEX, these are far more powerful, however the syntax is not straight forward.
http://www.regexlab.com/en/deelx/syntax.htm
For example ? on it's own means something else, so to match a ? exactly you would use \?
The other characters you mentioned are OK to use on their own.

REGEX has the OR operator being |

So to match those characters you mentioned, you would have the filter set to REGEX and the matching condition on one rule would be
\?|!|#|@

[jackdashack]

There's two kinds of filters in MailWasher, the Plain Text, and the REGEX (being Regular Expression).

Plain Text filters are exactly what you type, no wildcards, and when using Plain Text

Thanks you for your time and consideration. I think that's very explanatory and I'll be working on it.

jack ":-Dx