>> A desperate Jim D. writes:
Can someone tell me how to set up a filter under Microsoft Outlook?
Step 1: make sure you're in a mail folder (i.e., "Deleted Items") with a
prospective filteree's post in the list.
Step 2: click on "organize" on the toolbar, or if you don't use the
Toolbar, click on the menu item "Tools," then "Organize." Your list of
posts should now split in two, revealing a new top panel for setting up
filtering rules.
Step 3: click once in the bottom panel to highlight the aforementioned post
Step 4: Next look to "Create a rule" (the second bullet) and try different
options in the little drop-down box ("from", "sent to", etc.) until the name
of the targeted sender of the post shows up to its right.
Step 5: Next to the "Create" button, click on the destination of the
unwanted posts (i.e., "Deleted Items," "Inchoate Ravings," etc.) and click
on "Create." It will ask you if you want it to sweep up all such posts in
that folder. Say "yes." You're done.
If you are stuck with an older version of Outlook, this will not work since
all you can do is filter the whole list or nothing at all. In that case
you'll just have to shoot yourself.
cheers,
mbs
