Looking for email client with rules and notifications

If you are willing to use gmail you can.

You can set labels for those key words or subjects or senders in gmail.

Then use LightFlow (Play Store) to set specific alerts, vibrations, repeats of alerts, repeats of vibrations or LED notification color (color is hardware dependent) for each label. Every single label you choose can be unique.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rageconsulting.android.lightflow&hl=en

 

Just posted this on another thread ... may not help you though but you can download and test ...

Dave

 

Ok

 

If you're on an Exchange Server, Touchdown can do those things.

 

Thanks for previous posts. I have also used "Mail Alert Pro" on Play store, but "rules" only work on message header fields not on the message content.

 

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+1 for gmail. The one caveat - you'll need a pc to set up your filters.

gmail "filters" (like rules) and "labels" (like folders, except one message can be assigned as many different labels as you want, including "inbox" label) are extremely versatile, not just for your purpose but also for organizing your email (before you even see it) and cleaning the clutter. The assigned labels help you easily identify the category of each email while viewing it in a list, especially if you color the label. And when you set up your filter to apply label to messages meeting particular criteria, you can also choose to leave the message in your inbox or remove it, to mark it read or not, forward it to your sms or you other email accounts, whatever you want.

And once the filters and labels are set up, the android gmail app does everything you requested...can set custom notification sound for each label. No need for other apps to install on your phone, which may create running services (which stakes out a high-priority claim on their portion of your memory), and which may potentially view your sensitive data. Which is not to say you should never install apps for purposes like this, just that it's a factor to consider (along with features, ease of use etc). Obviously preferences will vary depending on the individual and the circumstance.

 

^^^^ This.
I'll only add, just for clarity for readers of this thread, that everything electricpete covered - filters, sorting, marking read or not - all that is setup in Gmail online. So it's done on the server not the email app. That means the mail processing is independent of the email client used. You can get the same results with any email app, not just the Gmail app. And filters, labels, etc can be setup using anything with a browser - computer, tablet, or phone.

If you wanna really trick out your email notifications, install Lighflow and a compatible email client such as AquaMail and customize like crazy, like gtbarry described in post #2/