How did you ever survive without Message rules? I really don’t know how I did. They are 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
To send all her emails to a folder named funny do this:
Open Outlook Express.
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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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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 it will go 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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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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You can get a lot more technical and choose to do all sorts of things with this little trick. I suggest you try a few different combinations to see how it works. You can even set the rule to auto respond to certain emails. This proves to be a valuable business tool.
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