Several fields, operators, wildcard characters, and switches are available to you when you’re creating a filter or a rule. Other user-defined fields might also be available.
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About Filter and Rule Wildcard Characters and Switches
This table provides information about standard (non-custom) fields. Your system administrator might also have defined custom fields for your organization.
Field Name |
This Field Refers To: |
Field Criteria |
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From |
The name of the person in the From box of an item. |
Specify the From box name. |
To |
A person's name appearing in the To box of an item. |
Specify a To box name. |
CC |
Text appearing in the CC box of an item. |
Specify a CC recipient name. |
Subject |
Text appearing in the Subject box of an item. |
Specify part or all of the Subject box text. |
Message |
Text appearing in the Message box of an item. |
Specify part or all of the Message box text. |
Filter and Rule Wildcard Characters and Switches
These operators perform word-based searches; a word is considered to be a string of characters between spaces, excluding punctuation.
Wildcard Characters and Switches |
What the Filter or Rule Will Match |
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AND, &, or a space |
All items that meet two or more conditions. For example, mountain & goat, mountain AND goat, and mountain goat all find items containing the words "mountain" and "goat." |
OR or | |
All items that meet one of two or more conditions. For example, mountain|goat and mountain OR goat both find items containing "mountain" or "goat" or both words. |
NOT or ! |
All items containing one condition but not the other. For example, mountain ! goat and mountain NOT goat both find items containing the word "mountain" but not the word "goat." Items that contain both are not included. |
" |
All text found within quotation marks. For example, "mountain goats" finds all items containing the phrase "mountain goats." This does not work with documents or document references. |
? |
Matches any one character. For example, jo?n finds all items containing the word "john," "joan," "join," and so on. |
* |
Matches zero or more characters. For example, mountain* finds all items containing the words "mountain," "mountains," "mountainous," and so on. |
/NOCASE (default) |
Items containing a specific word, regardless of case. For example, /NOCASE ZOO finds both Zoo and zoo. |
/CASE |
Items that exactly match the case of a specific word. For example, /CASE Zoo finds Zoo, but not zoo. |
/WILDCARD (default) |
Items containing the search terms where * and ? are treated as wildcard characters. For example, /WILDCARD jo?n finds john, joan, and join. |
/NOWILDCARD |
Items containing the search terms where * and ? are treated as characters. For example, /NOWILDCARD jo?n finds jo?n. |