Questions tagged [rules]

Rules specify automatic actions to be performed when a new item is created. For example when a new email arrives in an inbox in an email program such as Microsoft Outlook. Rules can also be used for similar purposes in other types of program.

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Outlook 2010 Rules - How to use "OR" boolean?

It seems that Microsoft Outlook 2010 can only use the "AND" boolean when setting RULES. I find that very disturbing since even the lower end Windows Live Mail can use "OR". Am I missing something? I'm ...
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How to force the Outlook rule to be server-side?

Using Outlook 2010 with a corporate Exchange Server. The rule I want to create is this: After rule arrives from [email protected] and with Passed in the subject Move it to the SuccessBuilds ...
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Make an outlook rule for appointment invitations

Is it possible to make an outlook rule that moves any calendar appointments I receive to a certain folder?
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How to filter Outlook email using a Rule with a VBA script?

Certain things are not possible using the default e-mail rules like searching subjects or message bodies with wildcards. You can do multiple words but it's not the same if you need the words one ...
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Create Outlook rule which runs AFTER move mail to specific folder

is there some way how to create rule for Outlook(2013) which will run after move mail to specific folder? Motivation: I need to have rules which moves mail from specific address to specific folder ...
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Outlook - rule to operate on exact email address

I'm trying to create a filter that moves all email from an email address like "[email protected]" to a "support mail" folder. The problem is that in Outlook "supportGroup" is actually an ...
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Microsoft Outlook - rules for groups affecting mails coming from individual

I am running outlook 2016. I have a set a number of rules to move messages as and when they come to inbox. For examples I receive mails from an distribution list and i have created a rule to move it ...
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How to replace text in the body of an incoming message with a hyperlink in Outlook 2010?

Does anyone know of a way or a program that will read a received email and recognize a static format of text (in my case it will be "#" followed by 6 integers), and make that a hyperlink to a webpage? ...
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Outlook rule to delete emails older than stipulated number of days

While setting mail rules, I want to be able to set them and forget them. But, I have an issue with one particular rule where I am using a before datespan rule. I have Before: ticked and specified a ...
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Outlook Rules work Automatically but not manually in "Run Rules Now" dialog

I have created a ton of outlook rules since recently i've been added to a group which gets, in my opinion, spammed with emails like new stores opening, reports and emails about problems unrelated to ...
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Export only a selected rule from Outlook

I have a couple of rules in my outlook. Recently I have added a rule that delays the outgoing messages by "x" minutes. I would like to share this rule with few of my colleagues who find this useful. ...
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Add Not condition in a mail rule using Outlook 2007

Background I get a lot of mails that have either of the following subjects: SUPPORT: ... SUPPORT: ... PROD Where ... is any number of project related indicators. What I would like I have a ...
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can you create a rule in outlook to move all emails that were sent to ANY distribution list that you are in

i want a folder with all emails that come to me because i am in distribution list. I see how i can do this individually (1 rule for each specific list) but i wanted to see if i can do this in one ...
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Outlook rule - filter messages NOT from @domain.com

I had this question and was not able to find an answer. If there is a better place/forum to put it please let me know. I wanted to filter all messages that do not come from my companies domain. I.e. ...
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How can I search/filter for calendar invites in OWA?

I want to make an inbox rule in Outlook on the web to categorize meeting invites/updates/cancellations, but can't find the search or rule syntax. The Microsoft rules documentation doesn't have any ...
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Adding a rule with "specific header" in outlook 2015 mac

I am upgrading from outlook 2011 to 2015 on a mac, with el Capitan. There doesn't appear to be any way to move all of my rules, so I'm re-generating them. I only have 5-10, so it's not a big deal. ...
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Want Outlook rule for "sent to" in CC box

I want to make a rule for when emails are sent to specific users/groups IN THE CC BOX. The "sent to" conditional appears to only pick up emails when the users/groups are in the TO BOX. Also, I can ...
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how to set Outlook rule to check if you are the only one on the TO: line

How to set an Outlook rule to find emails where you are the ONLY one on the TO: line. There are rule options for determining if email was sent ONLY to you, but I need to identify where my email ...
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Outlook rules moving wrong emails (but works properly when rules are manually applied)

I get a lot of automated system alerts each day. I wanted to declutter my inbox, so I setup a number of rules to automatically move these to a "notifications" folder. The rules are generally specified ...
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How can I create a rule to move meeting requests to another calendar as they are received?

I am using Outlook 2010 with Exchange 2003. When meeting requests are received, Exchange automatically adds them individual calendars as "tentative". This is what we would expect. Is there a way I ...
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Outlook automatic reply that retains body text of the incoming message

I'm able to create a rule that replies to incoming emails with a template. That works as designed, however I would like for the reply to quote the original incoming email just like it would appear if ...
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How do I make email replies go to the same folder as the email from earlier in the same conversation? [duplicate]

Microsoft Outlook lets you set rules to sort incoming mail into the appropriate folder. Sometimes I get an email that the rules do not or can not sort, so I put it in the appropriate folder manually. ...
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Rule to manage Replies to a calendar invitation?

In Outlook, is there any possibility to move the answers of an invitation to a folder ? I mean move the calendar answers and NOT move the simple messages with the same title. Thanks.
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What is the best way to restrict network access for one machine on a home LAN?

As an example, I have 3 computers on a home network: Machine A Machine B Machine C What I would like to do is isolate "Machine C", so that it cannot communicate with "A" or "B" and vice versa. It ...
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Outlook sorting rule based on "buried" email header info?

My employer has a contract with an anti-spam educational company. This company (let's call them spam4u) sends multiple fake "spam" and "phishing" emails each week to test whether I ...
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udev rules exclude device

is it possible to use udev rules to excluce a single device from the rule? for instance if I have 5 harddisk plugged in and I want to create custom names for all harddisk except for a single one? is ...
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Add an exception to a Thunderbird filter?

In Outlook, I can have a rule that says something like: If Subject = "ABC" Move message to folder "XYZ" Except if my name is in the To: or CC: box I get a ton of automated emails that are sent to a ...
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Can you create Outlook 2010 rules based on content or formatting?

This is not a critical issue, but it's something I'd like to accomplish. I'm also not sure that rules are the way to go, but I'm looking for something fully automated. I have a correspondent who ...
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Shorewall - Allow Client to Ping Internet but Not Use the Browser or Port 80

My network address is 192.168.5.0. My host machine is 192.168.5.1 and my client machine is 192.168.5.2. How will I enable my client to ping the internet through the terminal but restrict it from ...
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automatically move email from inbox to folder after certain time

I have over 50 rules which automatically move incoming email (in both gmail and hotmail) when they arrive into folders. But the problem I have found is now I have to go through each folder to see if ...
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Outlook 2007 Server Side rules only apply to new emails, not old emails. How do I change this?

When I create a client side rule in Outlook, I can click "Run Rules Now", and it will apply my rules (which move mail from the inbox into subfolders) to all past mail items. However, this button ...
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Need a rule that searches for * in Excel

I need a simple rule that checks if a cell contains the char *. If i put * in the rule, it matches the entire string so i figured * is a wildcard. Is it possible to make it search for the char ? I ...
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Outlook Rule Not Working Correctly

We have a monitoring system that sends out alerts whenever one of its trigger conditions is met to a mailing list I am on . Most of these messages are garbage to me, so I set up a rule to filter out ...
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How can I create an Outlook 2010 Rule to use the AND boolean on Subject keywords

I'm using Outlook 2010 and I can only add a Rules query that uses the OR boolean operator on a Subject line match. I want to use an AND boolean operator but cannot work out how to achieve this. My ...
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How do I create a rule in Outlook for handling emails which are not sent using the senders domain

I subscribe to a few newsletters which are obviously using a third party service like MailChimp or Campaign Monitor to send their mails and I cannot find a way to create a rule that moves the ...
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Howto set udev rule to disable intel_pstate turbo on linux?

I m looking to make a udev rule that will basically do: echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/no_turbo In order to disable the turbo, how can I do it ? I've never made udev rule and I am ...
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Awesome Window Manager - Open Chromium Developer Tools on Different Screen Than Chromium

I have three screens. One is for URxvt and VIM, another is for Chromium, Firefox, and Opera, and the third is for Chromium's Developer Tools. Below are the rules I've created in my rc.lua in an ...
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Outlook rule: move to specific folder if sender is in specific group

I have to create a rule in an Outlook 2013 with following condition: move an email from any user, which are in specific user group. For example if an user John is member of an group MoveMe then any ...
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What are These Outbound Network Rules

I Have a few odd looking network outbound rules for my computer they are Name Group Application Package f5.vpn.client f5.vpn.client ...
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Outlook: Rule for a specific email address in CC

I am using Outlook 2010 in my office. I have one business inbox and several shared inboxes. For my own inbox I use many rules. One of them applies gray text color on mails which are sent to me in CC. ...
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Is there an Outlook rule I can apply to a folder to forward all mail dropped into it?

We've got a folder in a mailbox on Outlook '07 and I want to set something up so that when an email gets manually dropped into that folder, outlook automatically forwards it to a specific email ...
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Rules mismatch between Outlook and Exchange

Each time I open the Rule Wizard (Rules and Alerts) in Outlook 365 I get the following alert: What I tried: I first tried clicking "Server" as advised, but the alert appears again when opening Rule ...
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Outlook Rules, “OR” Condition

Re-posting the question "Outlook Rules - How to use "OR" boolean?", as there is no accepted answer there, and it was Outlook 2010 specific. I'm using Outlook 2016 now, but still facing the ...
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How to allow Dropbox to auto-update by adding an exception to ESET firewall?

I am using ESET Smart Security v5.2.9.1 and Dropbox at Windows 7 x64. The problem that I am facing is that every time Dropbox wants to auto-update, it downloads an updater file that has different ...
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Awesome Window Manager - Rule assigning programs to tags

I have a set of tags 'main', 'www', and 3: -- {{{ Tags tags = { names = {"main", "www", 3}, for s = 1, screen.count() do tags[s] = awful.tag(tags.names, s, tags.layout) end } -- }}}...
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How to delete a large block of emails in outlook 2016 / outlook 365

I have taken over from a colleague the monitoring of a large inbox hosted on outlook 365. the inbox has accumulated about 100,000 emails. mostly the messages are from two monitoring accounts that ...
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Outlook - Create rule or macro that runs when I flag an email - move to a "Flagged" folder and mark as unread

I'm trying to figure out if there is a way to create a rule or run a macro to accomplish the following: Ideally, this rule would run when I click the flag icon on an email It would move that item to ...
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delete email unless it contains specific words in the email/subject rule setup Outlook 2013

I am a part of a distribution list that can get thousands of emails a day, I need to create a rule that deletes these emails unless they contain specific words in the subject/email body. Is this ...
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Outlook alerts user when an email contains certain words before sending email

I would like to be alerted before I send an email if the email I am composing contains a certain phrase. Example: Hi (Client Name), I would like to be alerted if I forgot to change "(Client Name)". ...
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Is there any way I can more easily run Outlook rules?

I get a ton of automated mail at work and have about 40 filters ("rules") in Outlook ("Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010, version 14"). Among these, about half of them are on by default, and ...
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