How to Organize Microsoft Windows Mail
Beginning with Windows Vista, Microsoft discontinued bundling Outlook Express with Windows and offered the Microsoft Windows Mail email client in its place. If you are an Outlook Express user, upgrading to Vista will mean changing your email client, making a new system of organization necessary. Organize Microsoft Windows Mail by creating folders and implementing rules to move emails into those folders.
- Difficulty:
- Moderately Easy
Instructions
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Creating a Folder to Organize Windows Mail
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Launch Windows Mail. Right-click under "Local Folders" and click "New Folder." The "Create Folder" window opens.
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Click the folder that the new folder should appear under in the organizational tree. To have the folder appear on the top level along with all of the other folders, click "Local Folders."
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Type a name for the folder and click "OK."
Creating a Rule in Windows Mail
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Click "Tools," "Message Rules" and "Mail."
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Put a check in the box representing the scenario in which the rule should be triggered. For example, to have all messages from a particular person moved to the folder you have created, check the box labeled "Where the From line contains people."
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Put a check in the box labeled "Move it to the specified folder."
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Click the first blue link in the "Rule Description" box. For example, if you checked the box described in Step 3, the first blue link will say "Contains people." Type the email address of the person or find him or her in your contacts, then click "Add" and "OK."
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Click the blue link with the word "specified" in the "Rule Description" box. Click the folder that you created in Section 1, then click "OK" three times to close all windows. Click the "Apply Now" button before clicking "OK" the final time to have the rule applied to messages currently in your in-box.
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