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Defining Filter Strings
Defining Filter Strings
Messages are filtered based on the information contained in their To, From
and Subject header fields. The information that defines what pdQ
smartphone is looking for is called a filter string. You create a filter string
by listing the words you want pdQ smartphone 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. pdQ smartphone joins the filter strings
for these fields using an implicit AND. Once again, you should not add
connecting words. pdQ smartphone will do that for you.
For example, suppose you want to receive only messages from John Smith
([e-mail]) or Jack Jones ([e-mail]) concerning the Apollo
Project. You would create the following filter strings:
To field filter string: [e-mail], [e-mail]
Subject field filter string: Apollo Project
pdQ smartphone 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 pdQ smartphone searches for any
instance of that collection of characters. For example, if you create a filter
that retrieves only messages containing the string “info,” pdQ smartphone
Ignore
Messages
Containing
Tells your pdQ smartphone to exclude the messages
that meet the defined criteria and download all other
messages during synchronization. In general, this
filter downloads more mail during synchronization
because it blocks only one defined subset of mail.
Retrieve
Only
Messages
Containing
Tells your Palm III organizer to include only the
messages that meet the defined criteria and to ignore
all other messages during synchronization. This filter
has the potential to block more mail during
synchronization because it downloads only one subset
of mail.
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