Move newsletters out of your inbox, in plain English
The Newsletters template moves newsletters and promotional emails to a Reading folder and marks them read, so they wait for you instead of interrupting.
Why a sentence works better than a sender list
Newsletters come from hundreds of senders, and new ones arrive every week. A filter needs each address or a list header. The Newsletters template describes the kind of email instead, so a newsletter from a sender you have never seen before still lands in Reading.
When to change it
Some newsletters matter more than others. If one should stay in your inbox, add it as an exception to the wording, or tell MailRules to keep that sender in the inbox when you correct a decision. If you read Reading once a week and want to know what is new, remove the “mark read” step.
What it catches
- Newsletters you signed up for, from any sender, whatever the subject says.
- Sales, offers and promotions from shops and services you have used.
- Product update and digest emails sent to a mailing list.
What it leaves alone
- Emails the decision model is not sure about. They stay in your inbox and appear in Needs review with a suggested rule.
- A newsletter your higher rules settle first, for example a sender you told MailRules to keep in the inbox.
- Mail that arrived before you connected the mailbox. MailRules sorts new mail from the moment you connect.
What you can change
- Reword the intent, for example "Newsletters and promotions, except from my local council".
- Change the folder, or drop "mark read" if you want to see an unread count in Reading.
- Raise or lower the confidence it needs before it moves anything.
- Limit it to one mailbox, or let it apply to all of them.
Questions
Does it unsubscribe me?
No. It moves the email and marks it read. Nothing is sent to the sender, and you stay subscribed.
Where does the Reading folder come from?
MailRules creates it on your mail server when you add the template. If a mailbox is offline at that moment, the folder is created on the first move.
Does it use an AI model?
Yes. Newsletters is an intent rule, so a model decides whether each email fits. Only the first 2,000 characters of plain text are sent, and with Ollama nothing leaves your machine.