Should rules for Mail.app apply automatically?

[Marcus263]

I'm confused, as mail comes in, are the rules to apply automatically or do you have to manually assign the rules every time? Currently, my rules do not apply automatically so I have to select all mail and then apply rules. Is this correct?

 

[rdowns]

Make sure each of your rules has a check mark next to it (active) or they won't apply automatically.

 

[Marcus263]

It's ticked, but I am still having to manually apply rules.

I have a MobileMe mail account that forwards all email to my Gmail account for storage. The problem is, my Mail account is set to pull mail from both MobileMe and Gmail, so I get duplicate email.

I've set up a rule which send the Gmail message to junk mail, but it's not automatic. Any suggestions?

 

[miles01110]

I have a MobileMe mail account that forwards all email to my Gmail account for storage. The problem is, my Mail account is set to pull mail from both MobileMe and Gmail, so I get duplicate email.

Why don't you just remove the Gmail account from Mail?

 

[skybolt]

Or don't have MobileMe forward to gmail. Then you'd automatically have your MM mail in your regular inbox, and your gmail in its own inbox on your computer.

 

[Marcus263]

I'm making the transition from Gmail to MobileMe so that's why I need both open for now. However, I fixed the problem. Rules do not apply to mail that has already been read. I was using Gmail web interface to read the mail, so by the time I opened Mail in my Mac rules were bypassed. I also made a rule in Gmail to mark any mail from MobileMe as read, this was also causing the problem.