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I would like to use the "automatic formatting" of Outlook to create a rule similar to "expired emails" - but for the case when a sender hasn't set an expiry date on the email (which is most of the time).

I can see a rule about setting the time received is today, yesterday etc. - but I would like to set a condition "more than two days ago".

Is this possible? How can I do it.

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Set up a conditional format (I believe this was called Automatic formatting before) with the condition Expires - On or before - two days ago, or three days ago if you wanted it exclusive of two days before.

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You can also tick the More Choices -> Only items that are: -> Unread if that is what you wanted. Also, make sure you uncheck the current Expired Emails check box, or that will likely override your new formatting.

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  • Thank you - that's got it. I hadn't seen anything before about the the natural language way of expressing dates in the filters.
    – nwaltham
    Feb 15, 2016 at 9:18
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    @nwaltham Nothing to me feels more unnatural than giving a natural expression ;)
    – Jonno
    Feb 15, 2016 at 9:19
  • :-D - Yes - Agreed!!!
    – nwaltham
    Feb 15, 2016 at 9:20

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