How to create filters for your messages in SOGo

How to create filters for your messages in SOGo

Filters in SOGo allow you to automatically organize incoming messages based on the criteria you define. For example, you can move certain emails to a specific folder, mark important messages, or even send automatic replies to certain senders, among many other options.

In this guide, you will learn step by step how to create or edit filters in SOGo. If you don’t yet know how to access your SOGo account, first check the guide: How to access your email account from SOGo

Access SOGo settings
  1. Log in to your SOGo email account. Once inside, go to the upper left corner and click on the settings icon:

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Go to Mail → Filters
  1. In the Preferences/Settings panel, select Mail.



  1. Next, go to "Filters" and click on "Create Filter":


When you click on Create Filter, a window will open with several options:


  1. Filter name: Enter a name to identify this filter.
  2. For incoming messages that: Choose how the filter rules will be applied:
    1. Match all of the following rules
    2. Match any of the following rules
    3. Match all messages
  3. Add condition: Allows you to define criteria for the messages.
  4. Perform these actions: Choose what action will be applied to the messages that meet the conditions:
    1. File message into: Lets you select the destination folder.
    2. Mark message as: Select a label (Seen, Deleted, Answered, Flagged).
    3. Keep message / Discard message / Send reject message: Depending on the action, an additional box will appear to write a rejection message if needed.
Note: Adjust these options according to the filter you wish to create.

Practical example of a filter
As an example, we will create a filter that moves messages to the Spam folder:
  1. Condition: If the recipient equals "test@example.com"
  2. Action: Move to Spam folder



Click OK to apply the filter. The screenshot shows how this example filter would look once configured. Once the filters are created, you will return to the filter list.
To save all the changes, click the green Save button in the upper right corner.



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