Use filters in Yahoo Mail for iPhone

Using filters in Yahoo Mail for iPhone

Use a filter when you want Yahoo Mail to automatically deliver specific kinds of email messages to folders other than the Inbox

To get started, select Filters on the navigation screen

Click + to begin adding a new filter

First, give your new filter a name

Next, define the rule or rules for your filter

Rules tell Yahoo Mail how to recognize incoming messages for delivery to a specific folder

Let's say you want all messages about Europe from Andy to go into the Vacation folder

Rule #1: The email is about Europe

Rule #2: The email is from Andy

Delivery folder: select Vacation

Save your filter

Ordering your filters

Your new filter appears at the bottom of the filters list

Yahoo Mail applies filters in the order listed, beginning with the top filter

Here the Andy filter is higher in the list than the Vacation filter

This filter delivers all emails from Andy into the Family folder

Because this filter applies first, all Andy's emails go into the Family folder

The Vacation filter doesn't even get a chance to apply

You can fix this by moving the filter up to change the order in which it applies

Now the Vacation filter is above the Andy filter, so it applies first

Emails from Andy with Europe in the subject are delivered to the Vacation folder

All other emails from Andy are delivered to the Family folder

Yahoo Mail lets you have up to 200 filters, so take advantage of them to get your incoming email organized!