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Message filters don't work. Thunderbird version 38.5.1

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Raffie
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I have a LOT of filters setup.

I have filters setup so that when an email comes in, it's 1st marked as unread then 2nd., it's assigned to a folder.

I've checked the setup on all my filters & they are all setup the same.

My question is why are only some of the filters working? Many of the filters are marking the email as read. When that happens I have to go thru all the folders to find the email. I can't have that do to the volume of emails I receive.

What might be wrong & how do we fix it.

Raffie

I have a LOT of filters setup. I have filters setup so that when an email comes in, it's 1st marked as unread then 2nd., it's assigned to a folder. I've checked the setup on all my filters & they are all setup the same. My question is why are only some of the filters working? Many of the filters are marking the email as read. When that happens I have to go thru all the folders to find the email. I can't have that do to the volume of emails I receive. What might be wrong & how do we fix it. Raffie

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Matt
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Why are you marking incoming mail as unread. Sounds like your using filters to fix some other problem.

I have lots of filters and see almost no issues with them at all, other than an occasional contention issue.

Matt
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Oh and mark as unread then move will work. Move then do anything will fail as the mail is now gone.

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