How do I apply claws-mail filters automatically?

Question

I've installed claws-mail on arch and created some filters to sort my emails into different folders based on the age of the email. However, I have to manually apply the filters and would like them to apply automatically. I have not been able to find anything in the claws documentation about automatic message filtering, just how to create filters.

I would assume all filters would be applied when I hit the "Get Mail" button, but they are not. I feel like I'm missing something obvious, but I swear I researched this before asking.

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 25 '19 at 09:34

It seems that Claws Mail is not running filtering rules on subfolders.

https://users.claws-mail.narkive.com/rBGGaxJm/firing-filtering-rules-on-imap-subfolders

No. Automatic filtering on receive works on the INBOX only. You can only trigger filters manually on sub-folders (from the Tools menu).

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 13 '21 at 18:50

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You should use processing instead of filtering What is the difference between Filtering, Folder Processing, Pre/Post-processing?

How do I apply claws-mail filters automatically?

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