How To Perform Keyword Filtering In Resultant Yahoo Emails?

Method 1: Filter Yahoo Emails: Post-Backup

Here, the use of Yahoo Backup along with Microsoft Outlook will play an important role in filtering Yahoo emails:

PART 1: Post Email Filtering

Step 1: Run the software

Step 2: Provide the account credentials and hit Login

Step 3: Select PST as the preferred saving file type

Step 4: Click on Browse to choose a folder path for saving the data

Step 5: OPTIONAL: Click on Apply Filter to select desired email folders, which you required (for example, you could filter Yahoo junk mails, inbox, etc.) & start the process:

Step 6: Preview ongoing progress status

Step 7: On completion of the process, software will prompt notify the same

Part 2 : Filter Emails by Keywords

Step 1: Run Microsoft Outlook and click on File menu

Step 2: Click on Open

Step 3: Select Import to import the saved Outlook data file

Step 4: Choose 'Import from another program or file' option and click Next

Step 5: Select 'Outlook Data File (.pst)' option and click Next

Step 6: Select the output PST and click 'Open'

Step 7: Customize import settings accordingly and click Finish

Step 8: The data file for filtered Yahoo mail data will get listed, click on it and select a folder to search

Step 9: Click on the Search bar given on top to type a search keyword as shown below and hit Enter:

Step 10: The searched keyword will be highlighted in the search results listed

Post-backup filtering can also be referred to as Temporary Filtering as you can search for the desired emails of any given type and at any given time using the powerful and instant search option integrated within Outlook.

Method 2: Filter Yahoo Emails: Pre-Backup

PART 1: Advance Filtering in Yahoo

Step 1: Log into the Yahoo account

Step 2: Go to Folders

Step 3: Click on the Plus icon to create a new folder

Step 4: Provide a name for the folder and click Ok to create it

Step 5: Click on the folder to view it

Step 6: Now type a keyword on the search bar given on top

Step 7: OPTIONAL: Choose from the search suggestions listed by Yahoo

Step 8: Hit Search Mail

Step 9: Emails matching the searched term will get listed in the Search Results

Step 10: Select preferred emails using checkbox provided against each

Step 11: Click on Move To and choose the custom folder you just created to move the selected emails to it

Step 12: Check the custom folder

Step 13: Open the folder to check emails moved into it

PART 2: Pre Email Filtering

Step 1: Run the software

Step 2: Provide respective account credentials to log in

Step 3: Choose PST as the desired output format

Step 4: Click on the option Apply Filter to choose selective folders (for custom folder selection)

Step 5: Import the PST to Microsoft Outlook

Step 6: View the custom folder with filtered emails backed up successfully

Pre-Backup Filtering is in a way permanent filtering of emails as sorting and classification of filtered emails here is done in advance before the backup was generated. Pre-Backup filtering helps you to filter unread emails in Yahoo mail. However, the benefit of it is that, you can further use the search option in Outlook to conduct more keyword based filtering .