Sort incoming emails into folders with mail filters in AOL Desktop Gold

Automatically sort your incoming emails so that they arrive in folders of your choosing, rather than your inbox. Emails can be filtered by subject, email body contents, sender's email address, and more.

Sort emails by keywords

1. Sign in to Desktop Gold.

2. At the top, click the Keyword menu | select Go to Keyword.

3. Type mail filters, then click Go.

4. Click Create Filter.

5. Choose a name for your filter and the criteria by which you want to filter emails.

6. Use the Move to folder menu to select where to move emails that match your criteria.

7. Click Save to create your new email filter.

 

Filter spam by keywords

1. Sign in to Desktop Gold.

2. At the top, click the Keyword menu | select Go to Keyword.

3. Type mail filters, then click Go.

4. Click Create Filter.

5.In the Create a filter called field enter a name for your filter.

6. Click on the drop down arrow to the right of "From" and select either Subject or Message.

7. In the Contains field enter the keywords you wish to filter by.

8. Click on the drop down arrow to the right of "Move to Folder" and select Recently Deleted.

9. Click Save to create the filter.