Dec 18 2019 01:20 AM - edited Dec 18 2019 01:22 AM
Hi,
isn't it about time outlook upgraded their rules so that you didn't have to create separate rules for incoming and out going messages?
Having to create 2 rules every time i want an email to and/or from a certain person to go into a specified folder is surely counter-intuitive and productive.
How hard could it be to re-script it to include 'if', 'and', 'or' statements into the code so that:
IF you receive a message from ContactA OR you send a message to ContactA move that message into ContactA's folder.
Is that not better than separate rules for every person?
My VBscripting back in 2004 could achieve that (can't remember a thing about it now though).
Would love to hear your thoughts on this.
Cheers 🙂
Jan 03 2020 03:27 PM
Jan 04 2020 08:45 AM
err thanks for the copy’n’paste but that just explains how to create a rule. It’s not really what is asked.
May 28 2021 03:10 PM
Jun 09 2021 12:05 AM - edited Jun 09 2021 12:50 AM
It is very disappointing that Outlook doesn't have this basic feature. Even mail servers from 90th have it. Right now it is only AND statement. So if you need to do something with emails like moving in a folder emails from 2 senders, you can't do email1 OR email2, you must create 2 rules.
Also, you can't use something like "do something with emails from addresses *@some.com", only specify the particular address. (SOLVED)
It is possible via "Keywords -> Sender Address Includes"
Jun 09 2021 12:40 AM - edited Jun 09 2021 12:42 AM
Hi @oleksiikrutilko,
1) why do you compare "mail servers from 90th" with email client?
2) your statement
Also, you can't use something like "do something with emails from addresses *@some.com", only specify the particular address.
is wrong. Did you ever see "with specific words in the sender's address" condition?
Jun 09 2021 12:48 AM
Jun 09 2021 06:29 AM
Hi again @oleksiikrutilko,
please explain in details what exactly you are trying to achieve and I'll try to suggest something.
Jun 09 2021 07:00 AM - edited Jun 09 2021 07:04 AM
I'd like to have the ability to create a rule with OR for example:
move all emails with [Confluence] OR (confluence) in Subject to some folder.
Now I should create 2 separate rules with Subjects.
Another example, my company sends internal news emails time after time, so I'd like to move all these emails in some specific folder and mark as read. Again is it close to 5 Subjects == 5 rules.
Github notifications, I'd like to route them by projects, like important/not important, again each project == 1 rule.
Now I have ~20 rules, and this is not the end 🙂
If I understood correctly, if I add a few strings in a subject, it will be AND, so rule will work only if all these strings will be there
Jun 09 2021 07:56 AM - edited Jun 09 2021 07:59 AM
In fact there is OR:
Jun 09 2021 08:04 AM
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Jun 09 2021 08:12 AM
@Victor_Ivanidze Yes, for Mac.
Jun 09 2021 08:23 AM
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Dec 02 2021 12:02 AM
@Victor_Ivanidze yes I guess its personal preference
Dec 02 2021 02:24 AM
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