Microsoft Outlook: Email Rules

Creating Email Rules

Find an email that you wish to have automatically moved to another folder.

• In the toolbar, click on the Rules option

• In the drop-down menu, click on Create Rule.

• Check-mark and/or type in the conditions for the rule to apply
• Check-mark the Move the item to folder option
• Click Select Folder and choose the destination folder the emails will be moved into
• Click OK.

Optional: Checkmark the option Run this rule now on messages already in the current folder to apply the filter on all existing messages in the chosen folder.

Modifying Rules

• From your Inbox, select the Move option in the toolbar

• Select the Rules option
• In the drop-down menu, select Manage Rules and Alerts

• On the resulting window, click Change Rule to modify a rule.

•  Click on Delete to remove a rule.

• Click Yes to confirm, future messages will no longer have the rule applied.