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Outlook -- Rules or Filters for Email

Glossary of pages for rules or filters

Introduction

Quickly Create a Rule
Control-click/right-click an email message in your Inbox or an email folder.Click "Create rule..."Follow the onscreen instructions.
Create, Edit, or Delete Rules -- MacCreate, Edit, or Delete Rules -- Web BrowserCreate, Edit, or Delete Rules -- WindowsMore Email Management Help

For how to mark something as "Junk" or "Clutter" normally, see the following webpage.
Here, we tell you how to use rules or filters to automatically move emails you want to keep but review later into an email folder.
That said, if you have something that you cannot mark as "Junk" or for the "Other" tab, rules or filters are useful.
See the webpage below for additional help with managing email in Outlook.

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