Use inbox rules to automatically perform specific actions on email messages that come into your inbox.

Training: Use rules to organize your email in Outlook. Create a rule based on a message, or from a template. Watch this online video to learn how.

You can import or export rules for Outlook messages so that others can use them. When you import rules to an Outlook account, they are added to the end of the existing list of rules.

You can add names, email addresses and domains to these lists so the filter doesn't check messages from sources you trust, or blocks messages that arrive from specific email …

Outlook uses Folders, while Gmail uses labels, to organize messages. Outlook uses Rules to sort your emails into folders and categories as they are delivered. Gmail uses filters. Outlook also …

Rules let you handle email messages automatically based on a variety of different criteria. For example, you can move all messages from someone into a folder, or immediately delete all …

Training: Use Sweep, Archive, rules, and more in Outlook on the web to organize your inbox. Watch this video to learn how.

If the data you want to filter requires complex criteria (such as Type = "Produce" OR Salesperson = "Davolio"), you can use the Advanced Filter dialog box. To open the Advanced Filter dialog …

Filters consist of a set of rules that you apply to messages to determine their behavior. Messages that match the specified criteria are posted to the special type of filter chat room.

Once you select a filter, Outlook searches your mailbox based on that filter. You'll also see the shorthand for the filter in the search box. For example, if you want to display all emails that …