Mail rule help

[italiano40]

I want to create a rule that when a message is in a folder it is mark as read, can someone help me create a rule for that i spend like 3 hours looking for a soultion online

 

[mkrishnan]

Is this an IMAP folder? I don't think you can apply rules to offline folders. I don't think you can apply rules based on presence in an online folder either. How does the mail end up in the folder in the first place? Server side rule? If so, can you just replicate that rule's conditions and use them to mark the mail read?

 

[italiano40]

Yes it is IMAP, it is a gmail account show the folders on the side show all mail, spam, etc i want to mark the my spam folder as read so i don't have to manually do it every time

 

[Osarkon]

Could you not set a rule that says

If Message is Junk Mail, Then move to Folder <specify> then Mark as Read?

Surely then everything that's in the spam folder would be marked as Junk Mail anyway, you could move it to a folder for spam and then it would be marked as read.

Only downside is that you'll effectively have 2 folders for spam I think.

 

[italiano40]

is their a mail addon that gives me more control over the rules

 

[jplan2008]

The junkmail rule is already there by default, so you should be able to just add to it. Go to mail-preferences-junk mail and make sure "perform custom actions" is checked. Then go to advanced and under "perform the following actions," add "mark as read."