Using a simple filter, you can route mail from a particular sender to a particular, home-made folder. This pre-screens your mail and lets you focus on the next important mail at any time sparing you the distraction of random messages in the default Inbox (where all unfiltered mail will still appear, of course).
Route a Specific Sender's Mail to a Particular Yahoo! Mail Folder
To have Yahoo! Mail deliver messages from a certain sender to a particular folder automatically:
- In Yahoo! Mail:
- Select Options | Mail Options from the toolbar.
- Go to the Filters category.
- Follow the Create or edit filters link.
- In Yahoo! Mail Classic:
- Follow the Options link from your Yahoo! Mail welcome page.
- Click Filters under Management.
- Click the Add button.
- Type the sender's name under Filter Name.
- Enter the desired sender's email address under From header: contains.
- Make sure match case is not checked.
- Under Move the message to:, select the desired target folder from the - Choose Folder - drop-down menu.
- If you have not yet created a folder for the contact, select [New Folder].
- Click Add Filter.
- If you selected [New Folder], type the desired name of the folder (often the name of the correspondent) under Please enter a name for your folder. and click OK.
