Apple Mail - Do not apply rules automatically As I understand it, active Apple Mail rules automatically get applied when mail comes into the Inbox.

Is there a way to prevent rules from being applied automatically, so that they are only applied when I click the "Apply Rules" menu item (or use the shortcut, cmd-option-L)?
Apple Mail rules run automatically only the first time they're set. After that rules will only run manually. 

Going into Preferences and unchecking 'Active' will deactivate the rule and will never run it.