IBM WORKPADC3 manual Defining filter strings

Retrieve Tells your companion to include only the Only Msgs e-mail items that meet the criteria you Containing define and to ignore all other e-mail items

during synchronization. This filter has the potential to block more e-mail during synchronization because it downloads only one subset of e-mail.

Defining filter strings

E-mail items are filtered based on the information contained in their To:, From:, and Subj: fields. The information that defines what your companion is looking for is called a filter string. You create a filter string by listing the words you want your companion to find and separating them with either a comma or a space. Each word in the filter string is joined by an implicit OR, so you do not need to enter logical connectors like AND or OR.

To create a more complex filter, you can define filter strings for the To:, From:, and Subj: fields simultaneously. Your companion joins the filter strings for these fields using an implicit AND; once again, you do not need to add the logical connector. Your companion does that for you.

For example, suppose you want to receive only e-mail items from John Smith (jsmith@aol.com) or Jack Jones (jjones@aol.com) concerning the Apollo Project. You would create the following filter strings:

In the To: field: jsmith@aol.com, jjones@aol.com

In the Subj: field: Apollo Project

Your companion interprets this as, “Accept e-mail items about the Apollo Project from John Smith or Jack Jones. Do not accept e-mail items from other people. Do not accept e-mail items from John or Jack about any other subject.”

When you define a string, note that your companion searches for any instance of that sequence of characters. For example, if you create a filter that retrieves only e-mail items containing the string “info,” your companion considers “info,” “rainforest” and “kinfolk” appropriate matches.

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