Sieve filters (message filters) enable organizing your emails automatically based on certain conditions. Filters can move/copy messages to folders/subfolders, forward them to other email addresses with or without keeping a copy and reject/discard them.
A common objective is to forward emails to others while retaining a copy of the email yourself. A few key things to consider are:
- Forwards from sieve filters are limited to at most 4 recipients.
- Filters are executed sequentially, so the sieve rule to retain (keep) messages must have higher priority (lower number) than the forward rules.
The setup
- Filter position:
1 - Filter name:
Keep and forward mails - Match type:
All messages - Perform action:
Keep and forward message to - Email address:
[email protected]
Tip: Subfolders can be specified using the dot notation, for example, a subfolder of Inbox named Personal can be specified in a sieve rule’s mailbox folder name as Inbox.Personal
