Creating Rule in Outlook Inbox

Hello,

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I know that some people are saving my emails in a folder to read later.  Did you know you can “make a rule” in outlook to automatically place my emails in a folder you create?  I do this a lot and it REALLY helps me organize my inbox so its not crazy full.

Its slightly different for the client version and the web browser version of Outlook:

1. Client (this is the actual computer program)
• Create a folder by right clicking “Inbox” on the left hand side
• After you have created a new folder, right click on the message you’d like to make a rule fo
• Next, choose the rules you want to create.  Read carefully, there are a lot of options.  I usually just select “From _______” and “Move the item to folder ________”.  If I were making a rule for Steve’s emails, I would probably “select” a different folder.  Press OK
• It will probably ask you if you want to “apply” the rule to the inbox…..I usually say “yes” because that puts ALL emails from that person in your inbox to that new folder.  Now Outlook will automatically place new emails in that folder so you can come back to them later without it messing up your inbox
2. Web Browser
• This will be almost the exact same process, but your pop up window looks different.  Right click the message and “Create Rule”