Defining Filter Strings - 3Com III Handbook

Defining Filter Strings

Messages are filtered based on the information contained in their To,
From and Subject header fields. The information that defines what
your Palm III organizer is looking for is called a filter string. You create
a filter string by listing the words you want your Palm III organizer to
find and separating them with either a comma or a space. Each word
in the filter string is joined by an implicit OR; because of this, you
should not enter connecting words such as AND or OR.
To create a more complex filter, you can define filter strings for the To,
From and Subject fields simultaneously. Your Palm III organizer joins
the filter strings for these fields using an implicit AND. Once again,
you should not add connecting words. Your Palm III organizer will do
that for you.
For example, suppose you want to receive only messages from John
Smith (jsmith@aol.com) or Jack Jones (jjones@aol.com) concerning the
Apollo Project. You would create the following filter strings:
To field filter string: jsmith@aol.com, jjones@aol.com
Subject field filter string: Apollo Project
Your Palm III organizer interprets this as, "Accept messages about the
Apollo Project from John Smith or Jack Jones. Do not accept messages
from other people. Do not accept messages from John or Jack about
any other subject."
When you define a string, note that your Palm III organizer searches
for any instance of that collection of characters. For example, if you
create a filter that retrieves only messages containing the string "info,"
your Palm III organizer considers "info," "rainforest" and "kinfolk"
appropriate matches.
To define filter strings:
1. Tap a header field in the HotSync Options dialog.
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