hi petrina heres a link posted on list by eamonn oc Connor a few weeks ago that might be helpful Paul h explains techniques for handling large volumes of email, especially moving a lists messages to its own folder in Outlook. http://media.libsyn.com/media/superlynne/MessageRules.mp3 ----- Original Message ----- From: Petrina Finn To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 8:19 PM Subject: [vip_students] Message rules Hi again, I am using outlook express & have read recently about "message rules" What is this all about and what can they be used for? Many thanks, Petrina