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Chapter 5 Page 131

Defining filter strings

E-mail items are filtered based on the information contained in their

To:, From:, and Subj: fields. The information that defines what your

companion is looking for is called a filter string. You create a filter

string by listing the words you want your companion to find and

separating them with either a comma or a space. Each word in the

filter string is joined by an implicit OR, so you do not need to enter

logical connectors like AND or OR.

To create a more complex filter, you can define filter strings for the To:,

From:, and Subj: fields simultaneously. Your companion joins the

filter strings for these fields using an implicit AND; once again, you do

not need to add the logical connector. Your companion does that for

you.

For example, suppose you want to receive only e-mail items from John

Smith (jsmith@aol.com) or Jack Jones (jjones@aol.com) concerning the

Apollo Project. You would create the following filter strings:

In the To: field: jsmit[email protected]om, jjones@aol.com

In the Subj: field: Apollo Project

Your companion interprets this as, “Accept e-mail items about the

Apollo Project from John Smith or Jack Jones. Do not accept e-mail

items from other people. Do not accept e-mail items from John or Jack

about any other subject.”

When you define a string, note that your companion searches for any

instance of that sequence of characters. For example, if you create a

filter that retrieves only e-mail items containing the string “info,” your

companion considers “info,” “rainforest” and “kinfolk” appropriate

matches.

Retrieve

Only Msgs

Containing

Tells your companion to include only the

e-mail items that meet the criteria you

define and to ignore all other e-mail items

during synchronization. This filter has the

potential to block more e-mail during

synchronization because it downloads only

one subset of e-mail.

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