How to secure and import filter rules for your e-mail account
you have defined some filter rules for your e-mail account and would like to use these rules for other accounts as well. Besides, you also want to use the data on your notebook.
Thunderbird saves the filter rules in the ‘msfilterrules.dat’ file. You can edit them, but it is easier to customize them using the free extension ‘Message Filter Import/ Export. It integrates a menu command for managing filter rules in the e –mail client. This useful tool is available on http://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/2474. Right -click on ‘Install now’ on the website and select the ‘Save Target As’ context command. You can now secure the extension on your hard disk. Start Thunderbird and go to ‘Tools|Extensions’. Click on ‘Install’ and navigate to the downloaded XPI file and open it. Click on ‘Install now’ to start the setup and restart Thunderbird. To ensure the rules of an account, go to ‘Tools|Message filter’. Set up the desired account and click on the newly visible button ‘Export Filter’ in the ‘Filter for’ combination field. Then name the text file and click on ‘Save’. Read more
