- This video assumes you already have an existing email account, and it’s configured in Outlook.
- Now let’s learn how to setup email rules in Outlook.
- With the Home tab selected, click Rules.
- Then click Create Rule.
- From here you can setup rules to automatically deliver incoming messages to specific folders, or play a specific sound
- when messages arrive from certain people or if the subject contains certain text.
- This opening Create Rule window contains some common rules you may want to setup… but if nothing here matches what you want to do, click the Advanced Optionsbutton.
- First in step 1, select a condition from the choices given. In this case, we want to setup a rule when email arrives from a specific address.
- Then in step 2, click to edit the rule description.
- Locate the email address you want to set the rule up for, if it’s not already in your address book, simply enter it at the bottom.
- Then click OK.
- Click Next.
- Choose what you want to do with these messages. In this case, we’re going to move it automatically to a specific folder.
- Then click to edit the rule description…
- … and select the folder where you want these messages moved.
- Click Next.
- If there are to be any exceptions to this rule, we can enter them here.
- Click Next.
- Specify a name for the rule.
- Check here if you want to run the rule on messages you’ve already received…
- … and make sure the rule is turned on.
- When ready, click Finish.
- That’s it! The rule has been setup, and will be applied as messages arrive in our inbox.
- This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to set up email rules in Outlook.