Creating Filter Rules in Cox Business Email

Solution

A filter rule contains the following information.

Note: You can specify whether one or all conditions are to be met in order to process the actions

Go to webmail.coxbusiness.com, enter your User ID and Password, and then click Log In.

Note: If you have not created a MyAccount profile with a User ID and Password, then refer to Setting Up Your MyAccount Profile.

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From the top-right menu bar, click the Settings icon.

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From the left-hand menu, select Mail.

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Complete the following steps.

image of the filter rules and add new rule buttons

Result: The Create New window displays.

Complete the following steps in the table below to add conditions and actions.

Rule Settings	Steps
Conditions	Click Add condition. From the drop-down menu select the following options. Header: Enter a header name. Envelope - To: The envelope includes the E-mail recipients entered in the To, CC, or BCC field. Content: Use a part of the e-mail content in the condition. Current Date: Use the date of receipt in the condition. From the E-Mail part drop-down menu, select the desired criteria. From the Input field, enter the appropriate information. Click Apply condition. Note: You can create multiple conditions. To delete a condition, click the Delete icon.
Actions	Click Add action. Select an action from the menu. Complete the required fields based on the action you select. Click Apply action. Note: To delete an action click the Delete icon.

Note: To disable a filter / rule from running click the Process subsequent rules option.

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Are you applying the rules to incoming emails or incoming and existing emails?

If...	Then...
Incoming emails	Click Save.
Incoming and existing emails	Click the folder containing the emails to which the rule should be applied. Click Save and apply. Note: Some actions will not execute if applied to existing emails.