Anthony, Here's some info on custom actions and a downloadable one to mark a message as read. I tried to use this a year or so ago and couldn't get it to work though. http://www.slipstick.com/rules/customactions.htm http://www.slipstick.com/addins/gallery/index.htm#markread ......Peter > Folks- > > I would like to set up a rule in Outlook 2000 that would > check a message subject for a certain subject line, check if > the message has an attachment, if those conditions are met, > then move it to a folder and mark it as read. I can do > everything except mark the message as read. I don't see that > option. There is a 'perform custom action' option but I don't > know how to use that. > > -Anthony > > Anthony Colli > ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=unsubscribe Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************