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I get a lot of junk emails that require no action from me so I wanted to filter out those that have my name in the body/subject and put them into a special folder.

I realized after creating the rule that replying to an email chain inserts plaintext with a list of recipients, often including myself. So the rule isn't very useful. eg

Reply body here
_____
From: ...
...
To: **Lastname, Me** <me@company.com>

So it picks up the "To" portion in the body search

I can't figure out a way to do this so I'm thinking it may not be possible, unless there's a way to do a nested AND like

Body or subject includes "Myname"
but not (body or subject !includes "Myname" and includes "**Lastname, Me** <me@company.com>"

Any thoughts on how I might achieve that?

Monolithguy
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  • The requirement to prioritize mail that not only is addressed at you, but also mentions your name another time sounds like a symptom of something else going really wrong. What makes you think you should be focusing on specially treating certain mail directed at you - instead of making sure mail not meant for you does not land in your personal inbox in the first place? – anx Mar 02 '21 at 14:51
  • This is at a fortune 500 company where paralysis by analysis is embedded in the culture and reply all is used when it shouldn't be. I don't really think "change the company culture" is a valid response to the question – Monolithguy Mar 02 '21 at 20:51

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I think the search folder could help. New Search Folder -> Create a custom... -> Criteria -> Advanced -> Filed=Subject Condition=doesn't contain Value=RE: -> Add to list. Then modify other properties, that works for me. Seems I couldn't post pictures:(

Louisl
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