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Rules
Rules are used to perform automated tasks on new e-mails arriving depending on the text contained in the message.

There are two buttons for rule management:
Add a new rule. First click this button and fill in the details
Delete the currently selected rule.

Next is a list of all the rules you have defined. Click on a rule to edit it.

When you add or edit a rule the following details can be set:
Name Any name you want to give to this rule. This is just for your own identification
Enabled Checkbox to Enable/Disable the rule. Only enabled rules will be run.
Criteria Area This is the area in the E-Mail that the rule will scan for you search criteria.
Header: Anywhere in the header. Use this with caution: selecting text like "date" will delete all messages, since they will contain the word "date".
From: The name/e-mail address of the person who sent the message.
Subject: The subject line of the message.
To: The name/e-mail address where the message was sent to.
Compare Method
Contains: The text is contained anywhere in the Criteria Area.
Equals: The Criteria Area is exactly the same as your search text (case-insensitive)
WildCard: You have to specify wildcards in your search text. Two wildcard characters are supported:
  *   Match any number of characters
  ?  Match any single character
eg.
  sp*m will run if the criteria text is "spam" or "spaaam",
  sp?m will run only for "spam" or "sp@m", not "spaam".

Without any wildcards, the text is compared the same as "Equals". Use *text* do compare like "Contains".

Using "a*" will run for all where the text start with an "a".
Empty: The Criteria Area contains no text.
Text Text to search for in the Criteria Area. The search is always case-insensitive.
Actions What actions should PopTray do when a mail satifying the above criteria arrives? You can select any number of actions.
Play different wav: Will play a different sound than the account or default sound.
Delete from Server: Delete the message from the server without showing it to you or notifying you of it's arrival. Use With Caution.
Ignore: Don't notify you when the message arrives. No notification sound will be played, and it won't be indicated on the tray icon.
Run EXE file: Run the selected program.

After filling in the details above, remember to click the "Save Rules" button. This will save all the rules to PopTray.ini