[real-eyes] Re: Fw: Junk Rules step by step
- From: "Nancy VanSandt" <maxvanwon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 14:30:27 -0600
That is an excellent set of instructions. I brailed them out to keep for
reference.
Another really good place to find instructions on creating a mail rule is
this link
http://www.blind-corners.com/howtocorner.htm
It is true that they are for Outlook Express, but they are easy to follow as
well.
Nancy Van Sandt
Medical Transcriptionist
Certified MT Trainer
----- Original Message -----
From: "Reginald George" <sgeorge@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 11:41 AM
Subject: [real-eyes] Fw: Junk Rules step by step
> Hi,
>
> I'm reposting here to the list a wonderful message from Ruthie Clark that
> she shared with us almost two years ago. I should point out to everyone
> though that Sarah was requesting steps for creating rules in Outlook, not
> necessarily Outlook Express. These steps Ruthie outlines are for creating
> a
> junk filter, but you can use most of them to create any kind of rule in
> Outlook Express. The process in Outlook should be fairly similar.
>
> Reg
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "& Ruthie" <chaosynchronous@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 7:00 PM
> Subject: [real-eyes] Junk Rules step by step
>
>
> 1 Hit Alt T and arrow down to Message rules. arrow to the right and hit
> enter on mail.
> 2 Tab the the "new" button and hit enter
>
> 3 In the box asking you to select conditions for the rule, hit space on
> the
> option that says Where the from line contains people.
>
> 4 Tab to the next field, which will say Select the actions for your rule.
>
> 5 Hit space on the line that says "move it to the specified folder.
>
> 6 Tab to the third field which will say Click on an underlined value to
> edit
> it.
>
> 7 Arrow down to the line that says "contains people." and hit enter.
>
> 8 tab to the address book button and hit enter on it.
>
> 9 Tab until you hear the top contact in your address book. You should be
> hitting tab twice. Hit shift and end together in order to select the
> entire
> list.
>
> 10 Tab to the "From" button and press enter.
>
> 11 Tab twice to the OK button and press enter.
>
> 12 Tab to options and check the radio button that says "message does not
> contain people" then click OK.
>
> 13 Tab to OK and press enter.
>
> 14 Press your down arrow until you are the next line that says specified
> folder and hit enter.
>
> 15 Make sure your cursor is on "local folders' and tab to New folder.
> Then
> hit enter.
>
> 16 You can name the new folder anything you want, spam, junk, trash, etc.
> When finished, tab to ok.
>
> 17 When you are back out to the list of folders, tab to ok again and press
> enter.
>
> 18 Tab to the box that says name of the rule and name it something like
> junk
> rule or spam rule. tab to OK and press enter.
>
> 19 Shift tab up to the New Rule button and press enter.
>
> 20 In the first box, hit space on the bottom item that says for all
> messages.
>
> 21 Tab to the next box and hit space on "stop processing rules. It should
> be third from the bottom or so.
>
> 22 Tab twice and name the rule "Stop processing rules and Tab to OK.
>
> 23 Shift tab to the list of rules and highlight the junk rule that you
> created earlier.
>
> 24 Tab to the move up button and hit it until you hear "Move down."
>
> 25 Shift tab to apply now and follow the steps to apply all rules to the
> Inbox.
>
> *****IMPORTANT Do check your junk folder often, as people who are not in
> your address book will automatically get sent to the junk folder.
>
> As you add new addresses to your address book, you will have to update the
> rule using the following steps.
>
> Go into the tools menu and select message rules, right arrow and hit enter
> on mail.
>
> Focus should land on your junk rule as it is in the top of your list of
> message rules. If not, make sure that it is highlighted and then tab to
> the
> modify button.
>
> Tab twice and hit enter on the line that starts reading off your entire
> address book.
>
> tab to the add button and follow steps 8 through11 above.
>
> Then tab to OK and hit enter.
>
> Tabh to OK in the main message rules window and hit ok.
>
> I do this every couple of weeks or if I get repeated messages from someone
> who is new in my address book into my junk folder and get irritated with
> it.
>
>
> Ruthie &
>
> I have yet to see any problem, which, when you looked at it the right
> way,
> did not become still more complicated.
>
> MSN Messenger ID: ruthie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> AOL and Yahoo Messenger ID: chaosynchronous
>
>
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