Inbound Delivery Rules for Users

Use Inbound delivery rules to sort incoming mail messages for each user.

Use the Inbound Rules page to add new inbound rules, edit and delete inbound rules, move inbound rule evaluation priority up or down, add rules, and set actions to take on a message that matches the rule criteria.

The Inbound Rules list displays information about each of the active inbound rules for the selected user. The inbound delivery rules for a user are stored in the "rules.ima" file, located in "...\IMail\users\username".

Inbound Rules

Name list. Click a rule name to modify the Rule Settings.
Action. Displays the action to take on a message that matches the rule condition criteria.
Condition. Displays the inbound rule condition associated with a rule.
Destination. Displays the mailbox or forwarding e-mail address that matches the rule condition criteria. A Destination is only available when Move to Mailbox or Forward are selected in the Action Type list.
Add. Click Add to create a new user rule. For more information, see Adding Inbound Rule Conditions for Users.
Edit. Select a rule and click Edit to modify rule conditions.
Move Up. Select a rule and click Move Up to move the rule processing order to a higher priority for e-mail filtering. Rules are processed in the order in which they appear in the Rules list.
Move Down. Select a rule and click Move Down to move the rule processing order to a lower priority for e-mail filtering. Rules are processed in the order in which they appear in the Rules list.
Delete. Select a rule that you want to delete from the Inbound Rules list, then click Delete to delete the rule.

To Edit an Inbound Rule:

From the Rules list, select a rule and click Edit. The Rule Settings page appears.
Make the desired changes to the conditions, then click Save.