Create Rules

In Outlook 2003 Web Access you can create rules that automatically move, copy, delete or forward messages as they arrive in your inbox. To create a rule, you must choose the criteria that Outlook 2003 Web Access will use to identify messages and then specify what you want Outlook 2003 to do with them. You can sort messages according to criteria entered into the From, Subject, Importance, and To fields.

1. Click on the Rules heading in the Navigation Pane. When the Edit Rule dialog box opens, enter a name for the rule into the Name box.
   
2. Select the criteria you want Outlook to use to identify messages. You can type a name into the text box or click on the Address Book icon on the right to choose a person.
   
3. Select an action for the rule to perform.
   You can choose to:
   • automatically move a message to a folder other than your Inbox.
   • automatically copy a message to a folder other than your Inbox.
   • delete it.
   • forward it to a different email address.
     
4. Click Save and Close.

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