Mail rules and iCloud

Is there a way of copying mail rules in one mac to keep them alive on my macs after iCloud?
I would appreciate any help,
Thanks!
Mario Lordeiro

I'm using the same Apple ID for both accounts to allow syncing. 
I use QUICKEN to track finances.  The main reasons I set up two users is to separate fishing club finances from my personal finances and to separate documents.  At this point I have decided to combine the two accounts; sort documents; and open separate QUICKEN accounts as needed.  I do think that Apple Mail needs attention to correct inconsistencies such as the one I pointed out.
Thank you for your Comments
TomJF

Similar Messages

  • Setting up mail rules on icloud

    I have just migrated from mobileme to icloud - a scary exercise which seems to require quite a lot of tidying up.  Here are some questions relating to using mail.
    This is what I would like to happen:
    1.  When I read a message for the first time - whether on my Mac, iPad or iPhone, I want it to be moved to a number of mailboxes I have set up (or to trash).
    2.  When I read the same message later on one of the two other devices, I would like to see it mark as read and filed in the appropriate mailbox
    3.  When I send a message or reply (on any of the three devices) I would like my message to be moved to an appropriate mailbox, rather than remain in Sent.
    4.  When I set up a mail rule on iCloud I would like the same versatility as on my current Mac mail rules, with interaction between the rule and the address book, ability to have boolean rules with lots of either/or/and components.  For example, on my Mac I have a rule moving all messages from anyone in my Family group in the Address book to a mailbox called 'family'.  I have a rule which says if the subject contains x and if the sender is y then move the message to mailbox z. I have another invaluable rule which moves any message from a sender not in my Address book to trash.  Once a day I skim through trash to pick up any messages which should not be there and then can empty the remainder with one click.
    So--
    1-3  Am I right in saying these can be done?  (I'm not sure whether the To: rule works - if it does, that is an improvement over the Mac mail rules).
    4.  The mail rules on iCloud seem incredibly limited compared with those on Mac Mail.  Am I missing something?  How for example do I set up the three examples I have given?  (A related question - can Trash be moved to iCloud and how does it get emptied.)
    Sorry for this collection of questions.  What I wanted from iCloud was that I can continue to manage my email in boxes and trash, as at present, and that when I am away from base and my iMac, I see all my past correspondence for the year, and that I dont have to housekeep mail three times on the three devices.  I do hope this will be possible and appreciate anyone pointing me towards tips/answers to my requirements.

    Yeh thats where they make the big bucks.... we have managed up until not to share apps, either a 2nd account or my wife just goes without the cloud
    I'm still confused as to how i can setup my [email protected], can i have both the iPad & iPhone on the same @me.com email address. Dis regarding the 2nd phone at the moment. presume i had [email protected] on both ipad & iphone i should receive emails at both devices

  • My mail rules and signatures just disappeared.  (OS 10.9.2)

    All of my mail rules and signatures just disappeared. What happened and how can I retrieve them?

    Hello Yeomans7,
    Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
    For more information, take a look at:
    Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3964
    Have a nice day,
    Mario

  • Can you have different passwords for mail account and ICloud?

    Can you have different passwords for mail account and ICloud?

    Yes - you want to go under Notifications, Mail.   Set each acct the way you want.

  • How can I make compound mail rules in iCloud?

    I love the control that rules give you in Apple Mail, or any mail client for that matter.  I use them for everything to sort nearly every piece of email that comes in on a daily basis.  From daily advertisements to receipts they all have their place.  I used to run my rules directly on my iMac or MacBook, but they didn't seem to translate to my mobile devices.  I was told that I needed to manage my rules in iCloud directly.  I've been doing so and they work well for the most part, but I've recently encountered two limits that I can't get around without a combination of iCloud rules and local/mac based rules:
    A.  iCloud limits you to 99 rules.
         Now I know this number is a lot and maybe I'm just too type A because I've hit that limit and have needed to delete old rules to make room for new ones.
    2.  iCloud rules only allow for one criteria.  For example, the iTunes store sends me emails for weekly alerts and then sends me receipts for my purchases.  I'd like to filter receipts to one folder and all other iTunes emails to another folder, but since they both come from the same email address I cannot do so.  If I choose to filter by "has subject containing" and type in "Your receipt" I'll obviously grab receipts from ANY vendor, not just iTunes.  I could go the other way and filter by the subject containing "My Alerts" and the others, but then I would have to make multiple rules for each individual subject coming from iTunes, hence using up more than one rule of my 99 rule limit.
    I know this sounds picky and granular, but it's just frustrating when the rules are SO detailed on the local machine, but so basic in iCloud.  Any plans to update the rules or make them more robust?
    Philip

    I'm afraid that whether or not there are any plans about this, Apple don't tell us. If they do decide to increase the facilities we will only know when they implement it. (And by the Terms of Us of these Discussions we are not allowed to speculate.)

  • Alternatives to Mail Rules After iCloud?

    So we know that mail rules aren't included in the transition to iCloud.
    What are you using as an alternative?  I have 100+ rules and don't mind redoing them into a Lion/iCloud compatible application, just need some ideas.  I know they'll continue to work into 2012, but the day will come when I'll have to transition.
    Any ideas?
    Thanks,
    John

    No idea about a replacement for sync, but I do have an idea for a workaround:
    If Mail rules are stored here:
    >Library>Mail>MessageRules.plist
    Why couldn't you just manually copy that plist file from your master machine and (replacing the old one) install it in the Library>Mail folder of your secondary machine?
    It seems simple -- so I must be underestimating something.

  • Mail rules after iCloud

    Is there a way of copying mail rules in one mac to keep them alive on my macs after iCloud?
    I would appreciate any help,
    Thanks!
    mario Lordeiro

    Nope. One of the reasons I'm sticking with MobileMe for as long as I can
    Let Apple know that you would like this feature put back in.
    http://www.apple.com/feedback/icloud.html

  • Mail client and iCloud issues

    Anyone else having this problem where the Mail client on you Mac will not accept you new iClould account when you try to add you new iCloud account through the Mail preferences? I am running Snow Leopard.

    I have similar symptoms.
    The iCloud pane in System Preferences says "Starting..." and never finished.
    Adding an account in OS X Mail prompts me for the Incoming Mail Server, even though it recognizes it as an iCloud account. Leaving leaving the field empty results in Mail unable to connect to the server.
    Clicking on Mail in the iCloud web interface tells me I need to create an @me.com email address by enabling Mail in the iCloud System Preference.
    I am using an existing MobileMe account (previously a .Mac account) which is my AppleID.

  • Deleted mail rules and they are still being applied

    I created a few mail rules to change the colour of certain emails from different senders. I then deleted the rules and the emails are still colour coded differently and I can't seem to reset it.
    Anyone run into this before on 10.6.2?

    Hi,
    Try restarting your Mac. If that doesn't help...
    Go to the Mail Menu Bar, click Mail/Preferences. Make note of all the preferences under each tab.
    Quit Mac Mail.
    Go to ~/Library/Preferences and move this file com.apple.mail.plist to the Desktop.
    Relaunch Mail.
    Carolyn

  • Mail rules and Iphone

    Hi, I use Mail on my Mac with rules set up to automatically sort my messages into folders as they arrive. Problem is that once a message is moved into a folder, it never arrives onto my phone. I can see messages that aren't set up to move from my top level Inbox, but not those moved due to rules. Is there any way i can use the rules and still have the messages on my Iphone? Right now my only solution seems to be to quit mail each time I walk away from my desktop but sometimes I forget.
    thanks!
    cindy in indy

    On your iPhone mail with rules will go to your "All Mail" folder while Mail.app is running. When mail.app is closed they will all go to your inbox.
    Are you using gmail with IMAP? If you are then you can mirror the rules you have set up on your mac to be identical in the gmail server. I believe this will make your iPhone look like your mac does with the "labels" becoming folders. I have not tested that, so try it and see if it works.

  • Mail rules on iCloud Web

    I know that in case I don't want to receive mail from a certain sender this has to be done by defining a rule. Of course this rule must be added on the iCloud server because it doesn't know anything about my local rules. It's OK that rules don't get synched between devices and I don't know of any IMAP Server that does that. So far so good. My problem is, that I don't want to receive mails from that person at all. Mac Mail provides an option like "if sender is bla then delete the message". However, if you go to the iCloud web page, which is the right place to add that rule, the only option provided is to move the mail to a certain folder. That is I can only set up a rule that moves the mail to trash, but that means it still get delivered to my client (iphone or mac). Alright, it's in the trash folder but that's not what I intend to do. As I said before the message should be completely deleted without going to any folder at all.
    Most likely there's no solution other than sending a feature request to apple.
    Unfortunately I have no idea how I can do that. Could someone please tell me where I can request to add that feature? There are more features missing, e.g. it's not possible to define a rule that should only be true if two conditions are true at the same time. But that's yet another feature I'd request. For now it would be enough for me to know where I can request.

    I had found that page in google search results but didn't go to the site, because for me requesting a feature or opening a bug and giving feedback is not quite the same. Anyway, thanks for your reply. I already gave "feedback". I don't think it will be implemented, but let's see.

  • Mail Rules and Forwarding

    I use Mail on my iMac to receive mail from a number of accounts - POP3. On one account I have a Rule set up which forwards received mail to a web mail account. The account Inbox in Mail shows the incoming message and it can be opened. It then shows an arrow next to the message. Clicking on this does not state that the message has been forwarded. Instead it gives an error message "Mail was unable to find your response ....." Why is this and can it be fixed?

    It looks as though I have maybe solved the problem.  I just kept forwarding each one to aol_phish abuse, one after the other.  It took about an hour a day just to do this.  For four days.  I was half expecting to be reprimanded by aol.  I was not.  And this morning I got up and instead of 16 or so, there were three.  That was hours ago and no more have appeared.

  • Mail Rules and tracking the filtering

    In Mail, you set up "rules" to filter incoming messages, but I can't find any way to see what the rules actually do, ie: how many messages were filtered into what mailbox? (Has anyone used Eudora before?)
    Any ideas??

    When you setup Rules in Mail, it doesn't tell you how many messages were moved to a particular mailbox or folder. Part of creating the rule is deciding where you want these sorted messages to go, and creating the folder you need for that to happen. Then, if a message is sorted and moved by these rules, the total number of unread messages should be displayed for each mailbox or folder.
    Apple has already setup some rules in Mail for you; you should look at those if you haven't already to get an idea of what you can do.
    Hope this helps,
    Mulder

  • Why does iCloud not sync mail rules?

    This seems like a no brainer. When I view my email on my Iphone, I see all my Spam, which would already be dispatched to the Junk box on my desktop, had I looked there first. Why does iCloud not sync my Mail rules, and is there a solution for this?

    It is not Mac to Mac.
    Why not look up iCloud support, it was never offered as anything outside iOS 5 supported devices.
    Maybe if you would stop reading into things what isn't there.
    https://discussions.apple.com/community/icloud?view=overview
    http://www.apple.com/support/icloud

  • Mail keeps asking for password and icloud setting do not load in system preferences

    Hi,
    I have a mac mini server with mavericks, i have 2 iMacs as clients running mavericks too, when i use iMac (A) mail app and icloud work fine, them i take iMac (B) and mail app start asking for password , it just won't take the password, icloud do not load and cannot use anything else on system prferences because it locks system preferences, i need to force quit system prefrences , so I return to iMac (A) and i get same behaivor as iMac (B), i would appreciate your help for finding a solution for this.
    All network users get the same behaivor, local users do not get this behaivor.
    Thanks
    Hector

    Hector;
    I have the same problem. The solution is to log into your client, open Keychain, run Keychain First Aid under file menu. If it fails to find your keychain, note the path, mount the disk that it is looking for, and rerun.
    In short, you need to have the disk that your keychain is sitting on mounted. While your user account is mounted, Maveriks cannot match the reference path. Looking like a bug.
    Example:
    my folder sits on a second disk on server. It is properly setup in the mavericks server.
    On the server, it is locally referred to as: /Volumes/my_disk/Users/my_user. I can log in to mail on the server when I log in with my user name.
    In the workgroup manager, the same location is referred to as:
    afp://my_server.local/Users/my_user (or smb)
    /Network/Servers/my_server.local/Volumes/my_disk/Users/my_user
    So this is the network path. So the client should be looking for that. But instead, it looks for the local disk, which is not mounted as such. In other words, it looks for:
    /Volumes/my_disk/Users/my_user/Library/Keychains
    instead of
    /Network/Servers/my_server.local/Volumes/my_disk/Users/my_user/Library/Keychains
    To eliminate this problem, you mount the volume on the client, so it can find. I will keep the editorial to myself, but this is not quality software.
    Ali

Maybe you are looking for