In what context?

The answer is almost certainly "no" but we may be able to find another way of doing what you're asking about.

Thanks for your interest. This really concerns companies where the domain name is always the same, but I can get answers from multiple different people. And usually do. If they are not in my Address book they go straight to 'Commercial', when in this case I would prefer them to remain in my INBOX.

Hence the question....., and hoping not to have to keep adding different Company Reps to the Address Book to do this !

You can create a filter using "sender" "contains" or "sender" "ends with" to trap messages from a particular domain. In this case the appropriate action might be to just stop processing filters, assuming that it is another filter handling the "commercial" classification that you mentioned.

Let me explain a little further. I currently have 3 email addresses, all of which are DOT COM. This didn't used to be a problem 10 years ago, but with the increased use of companies sending out 'fliers', I am now getting over 400 emails a day. Which is ridiculous.

I have several filters set up, as well as the usual 'Spam Assassin', and my JUNK folder is several thousand long in a few days !

My main Filter routes anything that is from anyone NOT in my Address Book to a COMMERCIAL folder, if it doesn't fall into the JUNK category.

 I scan through this very quickly each day, [ just the subject Headings, and who from,] in case something has gone there by mistake, as has happened in the past.  
   

But a Prime example would be from a company called Currencyuk.co.uk, who send a daily Newsletter regarding Exchange Rate trends, and Daily Data from reports from around the world that will affect these.

But they have many employees, and the Daily Newsletter seems to come from any of them, in turn ! But I don't want to have to put them all into my Address Book,and each time a new one appears I miss it !

So I was hoping to be able to make an entry in the Address Book of

  *@currencyuk.co.uk  or even    ?@currencyuk.co.uk     to cover the seemingly never-ending changing people that the info comes from.

They are not the only ones by any means. Hence, my question.

It was never much of an issue before, but with the massive number of emails from all over the world trying to sell me anything and everything, it has now become a major problem !

Thanks for your help.

That's why I asked about the context and why I suggested the answer is "no". Well, it's "no" for the address book, but "yes" (in a way) for filters.

I'd suggest a new filter that runs before your "commercial" filter and simply stops filter execution, or diverts the currencyuk.co.uk messages to their own folder.

Ah. So you're saying that it IS possible for a filter to route those Incoming messages to their own folder just by containing the 'currencyuk.co.uk' without ANY name before the @ ?

Of course, that would do it. And run before the 'Commercial' one ?

I have a feeling I might have tried that, and found it didn't work.

But I'll try again if you think it should.

Although I'd need to set up one filter for each company involved, rather than just a * or ? name in the Address Book.

Yes, try "sender" "ends with", and yes, run it before the "commercial" filter and yes, you need one filter for each target folder.

The lack of generic or wildcard addresses is an irritating shortcoming. This would be useful for dealing with much nuisance mail, as an address book for miscreant addresses (with wildcards) would be easier to maintain than a filter.

Exactly my feelings too !

But thank you so much for all your help. At least I can save a lot of effort and 'scanning' through the 'Commercial' by using the Filters, as suggested.

All done now.

Cheers.