Rules Wizard

There is now the option to create message handling rules in Outlook Web Access.

A rule is a good way to filter your e-mail. You can have all of your messages sent by one or more people to specific folders when they arrive. This is very useful if you get a large amount of spam. To create a rule, click on the rules button on the options panel.

Choose a name for your rule
You can have the message by a combination of the options for when the message arrives. You don't have to use more than one if you don't need to.
- If you want to sort it by the sender choose "from field contains," click on the book icon to choose the address that you want or enter them using a ";" to separate them (webster_daniel@dwc.edu; daniel_webster@dwc.edu).
- If you want the mail sorted by the subject line enter the words to be filtered in the subject contains field and separate them with a comma (list, filter, test).
- If you want to sort the mail by the people it is sent to (the names and address that appear in the messages to field) select the addressed by clicking on the address book icon or enter them manually
Next you need to select the action for the message
- you can move the message to the folder of your choice, to do so, select move and click on the word specific in move. That will bring up a window with the folder list, click on the folder you want it moved to then click ok.
- You can copy the message to the folder of your choice, to do this, select copy and click on the word specific in move. That will bring up a window with the folder list, click on the folder you want it copied to then click ok.
- If you want to delete the message, select delete.
- If you want to forward the message, select the forward to box, then click on the address book icon and select the addresses that you want it forwarded to.
You can also set the rule to leave a copy of the message in the inbox after it has been moved.