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Rule to filter messages where I am the only to: recipient

#822

I would like a rule to identify messages where I am the only To: addressee. So it would only show messages that have "to:myemail@email.com", and not "to:myemail@email.com, otherperson@email.com". Let me know if there is a way to do this within the existing filters and rules. Thanks!

Reported by Miguel Javier · June 19th, 2014 @ 11:15 AM

State: accepted
Milestone: none
Assigned to: benny benny

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  1. benny
    benny
    • State changed from new to accepted

    The long answer is in ticket #307 SmartMailBox - filter issue, but it's not quite up to date. The short answer is that this is not possible using the GUI, but you can quit MailMate and then edit the following file:

    ~/Library/Application Support/MailMate/Mailboxes.plist

    Locate the rule and then change the condition from, e.g., “to.address = 'myemail@example.com'” to “to.address =[x] 'myemail@example.com'”. This tells MailMate that the comparison must be true for all addresses in the to header(s). By default, this is what happens if making a != comparison.

    I still haven't figured out how to best make this option available in the GUI.

    June 19th, 2014 @ 12:11 PM

  2. Miguel Javier
    Miguel Javier

    Thanks for the quick response. Reading through the related ticket does make it look like a more complicated thing to add in the GUI. Will edit the plist for now.

    June 19th, 2014 @ 01:12 PM

  3. benny
    benny

    Well, technically it's not very hard. The problem is the wording. The comparison menu already has “Case Sensitive” and “All Body Parts” (which is probably even harder to understand). Maybe “All Values” could be used as in “true for all values”. By default, it should then be disabled for “=” and enabled for “!=”.

    June 19th, 2014 @ 01:19 PM

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