A lot of people use filters as a way to search through emails they’ve already received.
But they can help you a lot more than that. It’s basically a way to scan your email messages before they hit your inbox, and take whatever action you tell them to.
For instance:
- Emails to do with a specific project can be put into a special folder that you will look at when you are ready for that task
- You can automatically forward emails that you just forward along to someone else if they are about a certain topic
- Emails from a specific person, or domain, or about a certain subject, can be flagged so that you will see them immediately