Setting up rules in outlook.com

Created by Matthew Bruce, Modified on Wed, Aug 30, 2023 at 10:05 PM by Matthew Bruce

Use inbox rules to automatically perform specific actions on email that arrives in your inbox. You can also create rules to capture your own email address when used in other websites.

Create an inbox rule

Edit an inbox rule

Delete an inbox rule

Set the order in which inbox rules are applied to incoming messages

Run inbox rules on existing messages

What else do I need to know?

You might have created a rule to forward or redirect messages you receive to another email address. If so, it's important to know the difference between forwarding and redirecting.

  • A forwarded message appears as a message you received and then forwarded to another recipient. When the recipient replies, the reply will go to the address the message was forwarded from.

  • A redirected message keeps the original sender on the From line. When a recipient that a message was redirected to replies, the reply will go to the original sender.

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