To create a new blank rule using the inbox rules page, select new.
The new rule window has three sections:
section
description
name
when the message arrives and:
give the rule a name
Use this box to select criteria for your rule. use the down arrow to view and select the criteria you want to use.
If the criteria have additional options, enter them in the window that appears.
do the following:
Use this box to select the action you want to take when a message arrives that meets the criteria you selected.
more options
use more options for:
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add additional conditions or actions to a rule.
add exceptions to a rule by selecting add exception.
turns on or off the option to stop processing more rules. By default, the option to stop processing more rules is enabled. With this option enabled, when a message arrives that meets the criteria of more than one rule, only the first rule will be applied. without this setting, all rules for which the message meets the criteria are applied.
for example, without selecting stop processing more rules, if you have one rule to move all messages sent to a public group to a particular folder and another rule to move anything from your administrator to another folder and your manager then sends a message to that group, you’ll find a copy of the message in both folders. if you want only the rule that moves messages from your admin to apply, put that rule higher in the list than the rule that moves messages sent to the group, and then edit the first rule to add the option to stop processing more rules.
create a custom name for a rule.