Rules

A rule is a condition and the actions that run when an email matches it.

Add a rule

Open Settings → Inboxes and choose the inbox. Export and Import Rule copy a rule between inboxes.

An inbox is the part of the address before @, so newsletter at any of your domains is one inbox with one rule chain. See Inboxes.

When a rule matches

Match text matches inside words: pay matches Payment, paypal, and payable.

What each action does

Set a category

Categorize as… files the email in a category. See Categories.

Set a status

Mark as… sets a status. Pinned keeps the email at the top of the list, Deleted moves it to Trash, and Archived moves it to Archive. See Trash and archive for how long deleted mail is kept.

Unsubscribe

Unsubscribe asks the sender to stop, using the unsubscribe option built into their email.

Send a push notification

Send a push notification alerts every device where you've turned notifications on under Settings → Notifications. See Notifications.

Forward to

Forward to sends a copy to a forwarding address you've verified under Settings → Forwarding. Forwarding needs a paid plan and mail received on a domain you own. See Forwarding.

Bounce

Bounce tells the sender the address doesn't exist. The email goes to Trash.

Screen out in Screening adds a bounce rule to the inbox. Delete the rule to undo.

Auto-delete

To cancel a scheduled deletion, turn off every matching Auto-delete action, then reprocess the mail. For one email, open it and choose Edit expiration, then Remove expiration.

Rule order

An attached ruleset runs at its position, its own rules in order.

• When several matching rules set a category, status, or Auto-delete duration, the last one wins.
• Stop after this rule skips every rule below it, in its ruleset and on the inbox.

Rulesets

A ruleset is a group of rules you attach to any number of inboxes. Editing it changes every inbox it's attached to. Rulesets live under Settings → Rulesets. Attach one to an inbox with Add Ruleset in that inbox's settings.

To make an exception on one inbox, add a rule below the ruleset there.

Reprocess existing mail

Reprocess runs the inbox's current rules on mail already in Jade.

It applies every matching action, including over a category or status you set by hand. Restore or unarchive mail before reprocessing it.

Examples

Get notified about verification codes

You handed [email protected] to a service that sends sign-in codes:

1. Open the accounts inbox's settings and add a rule at the top of its chain.
2. Match verification code in Subject.
3. Set Categorize as… to Priority and turn on Send a push notification.
4. Turn on Stop after this rule.

File newsletters as read

To treat several newsletter inboxes the same way:

1. Create a Newsletter ruleset under Settings → Rulesets and add a rule to it.
2. Choose Every email.
3. Set Categorize as… to Marketing and Mark as… to Read.
4. Leave Stop after this rule off so a rule below it can make exceptions.
5. On each newsletter inbox, choose Add Ruleset and pick Newsletter.