Move incoming mail to a folder based on Group

[dlbayne]

Is rthere a way to move incoming mail to a folder based on the Group to which the contact is assigned?

[MarkB]

You can filter incoming mail. The hitch is that a filter by itself, as far as I know, cannot recognize group membership. So the filter has to call a script. If you want to go that route...

First, save the following script. Name it MoveToSomewhere.poc, perhaps.

Initialize the two variables at the top of the script. In $target_mailbox, include parent mailboxes. For example, for a subfolder called Ultra inside the subfolder Urgent inside the inbox, set $target_mailbox to "In\Urgent\Ultra.mbx".

If the group name is not unique, that is, if groups with the same name exist in more than one address book, you will have to specify a particular address book (e.g., "Work" in place of "*") in the line GroupList $list $senderaddress "*".

Second, create a filter to trigger the script. Go to Tools | Filters | Incoming | Add Script.

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Set $group_name "Enemies"
Set $target_mailbox "Keep.mbx"

ReadHeader $senderaddress "From:" %message
ExtractEmail $senderaddress
GroupList $list $senderaddress "*"
LinePos #index $group_name $list
If #index < 0 Then Done
Set $t $mailpath
AddStrings $t $target_mailbox
FileExists &found $t
If &found Then MoveMessage
MessageBox "Can't find target mailbox"
Exit
:MoveMessage
DeleteMessage %message
SaveMessage %message $target_mailbox
:Done
Exit


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[dlbayne]

Does this script move the email into online folders? I am using IMAP. (I think this is way over my head. I should probably keep things simple.)

[MarkB]

Does this script move the email into online folders? I am using IMAP.

No, probably not. And I can't help you with IMAP. Sorry.

[dlbayne]

Thank you so much for your replies. I should have been more clear in my first query that I was attempting to accomplish the task using IMAP. Since I am working at different locations during the week, I would be using Webmail offsite and Pocomail at my home office; thus the reason for IMAP. Using Webmail filters I am able to automatically move mail based on email addresses to folders online, but not based on groups. I will be satisfied with with that. Thanks again.
Don