Custom filters — How to enable message filters on an email address

Overview

This article describes how to add custom filters to an email address within your DreamHost panel.

Background

Message filters are special rules that perform actions on incoming email. For example, you could label all email messages from a client as "Important" by adding the word IMPORTANT to the subject of emails sent from the client's email address.

How to add a custom filter

There are two locations where you can create a custom filter.

Option 1 — In the panel

1. Navigate to Message Filters.
2. To the right of an address, click the Edit button to open the filter page.
3. Click the Add New Filter button. The add new filter page opens where you can set up a filter.
4. Add your new filter. See this article for explanations of the available fields.
5. Click the Add Filter button to save.

Option 2 — Using the mailboxes page

You can also use the mailboxes.dreamhost.com subdomain to create a filter.

1. Log into your mailbox manager at mailboxes.dreamhost.com .
2. Click the link under Email Filters.
3. Add your new filter. See this article for explanations of the available fields.
4. Click the Add Filter button to save.

See also

• Custom filters — Explanation of the message filter fields
• Anti-spam overview
• Configure Anti-Spam settings