Hi, Gene,

I think people don't use multiple settings when creating message rules. Just now I tried the to or cc field and that didn'teven work.

Rosemarie

I should make a possible correction.  I said you need a different rule for every list.  I don't know if that is true.  I don't know if you can put multiple things for a rule to look for such as the names of more than one list.  I believe I've only heard of people using one rule for one list and another rule for another list.  If there is a setting that will allow you to put multiple items in one rule, such as I gave an example of before, you may not be doing it correctly or you may be using the wrong setting.  Others may be able to explain how to do this, or you may just want to create one rule for each list.  It might be more work but since you have written a rule that works on some messages, you know that the rule is working to an extent.  So you may be able to use that suggestion to make a rule, one for each list, that works. 

 

I said before that working with someone in real time would be a good idea.  You say you go through all the steps.  That doesn't mean you do or do correctly.  It means you think you go through all the steps.  No one can be sure what to tell you without every step being listed in a message, every field you fill out or check and uncheck, every combo box you work with, how and what you set it to, etc.  That is why I say you should work with someone in real time.  So you can make a rule and they can hear every step you do.  Either that or record yourself making a rule and sending the recording to the list.  But without those trying to help knowing every step, no one can know or make a properly informed guess about what you are doing incorrectly.

 

Gene

----- Original Message -----

From: Rosemarie Chavarria

Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2017 12:17 AM

To: nvda@nvda.groups.io

Subject: Re: [nvda] Using Thunderbird filters

Hi, Ron,

I did all those steps and I still can't get messages moved to their proper folders. I've hit enter on all the folders but I'm still having some messages from other lists go to my inbox instead of their proper folders. Why isn't this working for me? In outlook, you just hit the context key and arrow down to "always move messages from" and then the name of the messages.

Rosemarie

On 10/25/2017 7:49 PM, Ron Canazzi wrote:

Hi Group,

Assuming that you have attempted to create the filters by clicking tools/filters/new, be advised that the select a folder aspect is a bit kinky with screen readers.  You must treat that list box like a combo box using alt + down arrow to open the folder list and once selecting the right folder to filter messages into, press either enter or alt + up arrow to close the box and select the folder.

Everyone who is new to Thunderbird (including me) seems to run across this and it is temporarily confusing until you figure out what is going on.

On 10/25/2017 7:25 PM, Rosemarie Chavarria wrote:

I tried but it didn't work. I selected the rule and tabbed to the run now button and hit enter but it didn't work. This isn't working out.

On 10/25/2017 4:20 PM, Rosemarie Chavarria wrote:

Thanks.

I'll give it another shot.

On 10/25/2017 4:17 PM, Robert Mendoza wrote:

HI, Rosemary

Under the Tool in the main menu select Message Filters. Then, you will prompted of the list of filtered folders you've created. You need to double check and uncheck the Manual Run.

Robert Mendoza

On 10/26/2017 7:09 AM, Rosemarie Chavarria wrote:

Hi, Robert,

I already did all that. Some other messages from the other lists are still going into the inbox. I don't know what else to do.

Rosemarie

On 10/25/2017 4:07 PM, Robert Mendoza wrote:

subject line is intended to change to avoid confusion of the thread. About your concern for filtering particular message into your inbox in Thunderbird. you have to make sure that your focus is located to the message that is not open yet, then tab several times till the focus is directed in the recipient column. Right click then select Create Filter From. The rest of the filters process is the same as mentioned below by John. Also, make sure you uncheck the filter by manually so that it will run automatically into your corresponding filtered of your choice.

Robert Mendoza

On 10/26/2017 6:36 AM, Rosemarie Chavarria wrote:

Hi, John,


Let's say you want to run a filter on a message that comes into the inbox. I've pretty muchcreated the filters but there are messages till coming into the inbox from other lists. How do you run a filter on a message?


Thanks.


Rosemarie



On 10/25/2017 3:03 PM, John Isige wrote:

1. Go to the tools menu, pick message filters.


2. Tab to the new button.


3. Fill in whatever rules you want, e.g. from in the combo box, tell it to match nvda.


4. For the next two combo boxes, it will probably be easiest to hit alt-down arrow and expand them. Just pick whatever you like, I move mine to a folder called nvda that I made.


5. To make a folder, just pick folder from the new menu in the file menu, do that before you do a filter if you want to move stuff, because the folder has to exist for you to pick it. If you want the folder in the main account, i.e. another folder like inbox, before you make the folder, highlight your account name with the arrows. If you want everything under your inbox, so you have to hit right arrow to expand folders, highlight your inbox. The difference is that if you highlight the account, you can down arrow, so you'll get inbox, your folder, sent, trash, whatever. If you do it highlighting the inbox, inbox usually starts collapsed and you have to hit right arrow to expand it, then you hit down arrow to get to those folders, you'll go through whatever you made, then you'll get back to sent, trash, whatever.


If that's confusing somehow, feel free to ask questions.


On 10/25/2017 13:26, Rosemarie Chavarria wrote:

Hi, John,


How do you create filters in thunderbird or do you just delete them after reading or replying to them? Outlook is ok but It's a bit clunky.


Rosemarie




On 10/25/2017 10:02 AM, John Isige wrote:

Microsoft's various mail programs have always been weird though. I used to use Outlook, the one that came in Office. Then I had to upgrade or migrate machines or whatever. So I exported mail and everything just like you're supposed to. Got everything installed, imported into the new Outlook. Suddenly none of my filtering rules to send messages to specific folders would work. So I literally deleted them all and recreated them from scratch, and they still wouldn't work. That's when I switched to Thunderbird and I've been using it ever since.

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