This guide explains how to sort emails currently present in your Infomaniak inbox or in subfolders, in order to quickly delete specific messages that follow the same structure, classify messages based on their subject or sender, etc.

Introduction

• Unlike the guide Sort incoming emails according to certain criteriaWhile the Infomaniak interface allows you to set up filters that will apply to all future incoming messages, the free Thunderbird software allows you to apply sorting rules to messages that have already arrived and are already present in an email account.

Quickly sort an email account using IMAP

To do this:

1. Install and then open Thunderbird.
2. Configure your Infomaniak email within the application.
3. Open the Tools menu and click on Filters:
   
4. Check the selected address and click on New...
   
5. Configure the filter according to your preferences (here, the rule is that all messages with "ER" in the subject will be moved to the trash):
   
6. Click on OK to return to the list of your filters, then click on Run now:
   
7. The result is immediately visible, as the messages are moved to the trash and disappear from the window.