Forum Discussion
Outlook rules - if/and/or statements?
- Suppose I have a folder named Sales where I put all sales-related mail. And suppose all of this mail has the word "sales" in either the From field or the Subject. I would want this to be one rule, which I would name "Sales." I have to make two separate rules, and then if I ever want to change something like the destination folder, I have to find and modify two rules. This is worse than having both conditions in the same rule. I hardly consider that a "complex rule."
Hi AlexPatton,
sorry I don't think here is any reason to discuss complexity of rules.
As far as I know, you cannot do what you want using rules.
Did you try to create a Power Automate flow?
I see a flow as an only possiblility. Do you see other ways or workarounds?
I have an issue where I receive emails regarding DMARC failures from a domain. When these come in, it can show 1 or more of 3 ways: In the subject, in the body, or in the address.
I am already using the "With specific words in the subject or body", but sometimes these notices come from an address like "email address removed for privacy reasons", and the message contains no text in the body, and the subject reflects a randomized report ID. I need to be able to check on an OR basis rather than an AND basis for this situation. As a system admin, I need to be able to create a minimalist approach to making these rules. I understand your stance on "complex rules", but simply saying:
IF "dmarc" is contained within the subject/body OR senders address, really isn't complex, it's simply asking for an instance of the same text in two different fields, contained on the same form instance.
This is what most people are looking for when they bring forward complaints about the fact this still isn't possible, not so much trying to combine 7 or 8 variations of context from 11 portions of the email form.
