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How do I create a message filter with multiple nested rules?

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EricRF
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In Thunderbird, you can create message filters with multiple rules like so: 

 rule1 AND rule2 AND rule3 AND...

or 

 rule1 OR rule2 AND rule3 OR...

but I want to be able to make more general boolean queries for rules like: 

 rule1 OR (rule2 AND rule3) OR rule4 OR (rule5 AND (rule6 OR rule7))

Other applications have this ability by allowing the "+" button in filter creations to create another block of "match ALL/ANY of the following" nested under an existing rule.

Can this be done in Thunderbird?

Thanks!

-Eric

In Thunderbird, you can create message filters with multiple rules like so: rule1 AND rule2 AND rule3 AND... or rule1 OR rule2 AND rule3 OR... but I want to be able to make more general boolean queries for rules like: rule1 OR (rule2 AND rule3) OR rule4 OR (rule5 AND (rule6 OR rule7)) Other applications have this ability by allowing the "+" button in filter creations to create another block of "match ALL/ANY of the following" nested under an existing rule. Can this be done in Thunderbird? Thanks! -Eric

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Matt
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Perhaps https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/filtaquilla/