Creating A Rule To Forward Mail To Another Account; Copying A Rule To Make A New Rule; Limiting Items Affected By A Rule - Novell GROUPWISE 8 - LINUX-MAC CLIENT Manual

6 Specify the date when the rule will go into effect and the date when it will end.
7 Click Save.
Rules that trigger a reply (such as this vacation rule) keep a record of who a reply has been sent to,
and make sure that a reply is sent only once to that user.

9.4.3 Creating a Rule to Forward Mail to Another Account

1 Click Tools > Rules, then click New.
2 Type a name in the Rule name field, such as Forward Rule.
3 Click the When event is pop-up list, then click New Item.
4 Next to And items are, select Received. Make sure no other item source is selected.
5 Select Mail under Item types.
If you want to further restrict the items affected by the rule, click Define Conditions, click the
appropriate options, then click OK. For more information, see
Rule" on page 179.
6 Click Add Action, then select Forward.
7 Type the address that you want the items forwarded to in the To field.
8 Type a subject you want to use for forwarded items, for example Fwd:.
9 (Optional) Type a message for all forwarded items.
10 Click OK.
11 Click Save, verify that the rule has a check mark next to it indicating that it is enabled, then
click Close.

9.4.4 Copying a Rule to Make a New Rule

1 Click Tools > Rules.
2 Click the rule you want to copy, then click Copy.
3 Type the name of the new rule.
4 Make changes to the rule.
5 Click Save, verify that the rule has a check mark next to it indicating that it is enabled, then
click Close.

9.4.5 Limiting Items Affected by a Rule

Use Define Conditions to further limit the items affected by a rule.
1 In the Rules dialog box, click Define Conditions.
2 Click the first drop-down list, then click a field.
To learn about what the fields represent, see
on page 160.
3 Click the operator drop-down list, then click an operator.
To learn how to use operators, see
page 164.
"Selecting Fields in Advanced Finds and Rules"
"Using Operators in Advanced Finds and Rules" on
"Limiting Items Affected by a
Rules 179