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 How to set message rules in
Outlook Express Email
By Mitz
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Outlook Express Email Tips
How did you ever survive without
Message
rules? I really don't know how I did. It is a handy tool in Outlook Express
that is used to filter and organise your email messages into specific
folders that you name. They also block or delete unwanted mail. How
fantastic is that? In this article I will explain how to set
some simple rules that you can start with. I will use this example: My friend
sends me only funny emails and her email address is
me@hotmail.com.
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To send all her emails to a folder named
funny do this:
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Open Outlook Express.
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Go to the menu at the top. Choose
Tools>message rules>mail, then choose
new.
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There will be 4 boxes to edit. Go to the
first one and select the box>where the from line contains people.
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Then go to the 2nd box to edit. Select>move
to a specific folder.
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Go to the third box to edit. Click the link
that says contains people.
This is where you put her email address me@hotmail.com and click add
then
ok. Keep adding more address's if you want them to go to the same folder.
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Still in third box. Click on the link that
says Specific Folder. This is where you select a folder for it to go to
or make a new folder named Funny. Then press ok.
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Go to the Fourth box to edit. Here you
name
the message rule. For example you could call it Funny items.
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Your done!!! Press ok. Now next time an
email comes in from me@hotmail.com Outlook Express will send it to the folder called
funny.
If I decided that her emails weren't funny and I wanted to delete them I
would do this:
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Open Outlook Express.
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Go to the menu at the top. Choose
Tools>message rules>mail, then choose
new.
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There will be 4 boxes to edit. Go to the
first one and select the box>where the from line contains people.
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Then go to the second box to edit. Select
delete.
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Go to the third box to edit. Click the link
that says contains people.
This is where you put her email address me@hotmail.com and click add then
ok.
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Go to the Fourth box to edit. Here you name
the message rule. For example you could call it rubbish or junk.
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Press ok. Next time an email comes in from
me@hotmail.com it will be deleted.
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You can get a lot more technical and choose
to do all sorts of things with this little trick in Outlook express. I suggest you try a few
different combinations to see how it works. You can even set the message rule to auto
respond to certain emails. This is why Microsoft
Outlook Express
is a valuable business tool.
NOTES
Watch a video on how to create message rules
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