The filters in Trident enable you to automatically sort incoming and outgoing emails and automate email-centric actions. In this article, we'll explore the types of filters and how they work.
There are two types of filters in Trident:
To create a custom email filter:
These are rules that you can set to determine how the conditions you choose are processed. You can select one of the condition types below while creating a filter.
Any of the conditions (OR)
Emails will be processed through the filter when just one of the conditions is satisfied. For example: Set a reminder for all emails sent either to your email address or your team's group email address.
All of the conditions (AND)
Emails will be processed through the filter only when all of the conditions are satisfied. For example: Move emails to the "Respond Immediately" folder when they are from your manager and the priority is high.
Advanced conditions (AND/OR)
Advanced conditions use a combination of AND and OR condition types. Once you add the multiple conditions, you can switch between the AND and OR options by clicking them.
To understand how this works, let's assume you create an advanced filter where the incoming emails can be from jacob.sanders@zylker.com or mary.hansley@zylker.com but must have the word "marketing" in the subject to be processed by this filter.
With this advanced condition, the criteria pattern will look like this: (1 AND (2 OR 3)). According to this advanced condition, emails can satisfy either 2 or 3, but they have to satisfy 1 to be processed by this advanced filter.
To determine the order in which the advanced conditions are processed, you can edit the criteria pattern. To do so:
Click the Edit option next to the criteria pattern.
Enter the desired sequence of conditions.
Once done, click Save.
No conditions. All incoming emails.
All of your incoming emails will be processed by this filter.
Filter conditions form the premise of what incoming or outgoing emails should be processed. You can choose multiple conditions from the following:
Based on senders and recipients
Based on email attachments
Based on email content
Based on date
Others
For emails that match the conditions, you can choose what email-centric actions should be performed from the following:
Based on email management
Based on deleting emails
Based on entity creation
Based on attachments
Based on recipients
Based on composing and sending emails
Unavailable Actions
The following actions will be available in future updates.
While you can't create or edit filters with the above-mentioned actions, you can view them if they've been used to create filters from the Zoho Mail web app.
To ensure that each email is only processed by one filter, check the Skip other filters with matching conditions option and place it at the top of your filter list. Without this option checked, if you have filters preceding it that match the same conditions, the email will be processed by all preceding filters before stopping at the one with this option enabled.
Actions such as Move to, Delete, Mark as Read, Flag as, and Forward Emails to will only occur once, even if the email meets the criteria of multiple filters with similar actions.
To apply the newly created filter to previously received emails in a specific folder, simply check the Filter existing emails option. A popover will appear, allowing you to choose the desired folder. Once selected, the filter will be applied to those emails automatically.
When you have added secondary Zoho Mail accounts or have configured external email accounts (Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook, etc.) via POP/IMAP configuration, you can choose the email account for which you want to create filters. To do this:
Filters will appear according to the account selected from the drop-down menu. Actions and conditions accessible for your primary and secondary Zoho Mail accounts will also be accessible for external email accounts configured via POP/IMAP.
You can also create new filters based on the parameters in a particular email. This helps to automatically organize all future emails you receive similar to the one you're reading.
To create a filter from an email in the list view:
Right-click the email from which you wish to create the filter.
Select Add to Filters.
In the Create Filter window, the conditions will be added based on the email's parameters. You can configure the actions and other options as required.
Once ready, click Create.
To create a filter from an email in the detail view:
Open the email from which you wish to create the filter.
Click the More icon at the top-right corner of the detail view.
Select Add to Filters from the menu list.
In the Create Filter window, the conditions will be added based on the email's parameters. You can configure the actions and other options as required.
Once ready, click Create.
To edit an email filter:
To duplicate an email filter:
To delete an email filter:
Once you've created an incoming filter, you can decide to run it for any folder of your choice later on. To do so:
In the filters list, when you hover over a filter, you'll notice a number. It stands for the number of emails processed by that filter since the time it was created. You can set the filtered email count to zero and begin counting again from the reset date by clicking the Reset icon next to it.
Your incoming and outgoing emails will be processed through all of the created filters with matching conditions in the sequence of their listing. So, it's important that you order your filters accordingly.
While it's not possible to change the sequence in Trident (will be available in future updates), you can do so from Zoho Mail web settings.
To search for filters you've created:
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