For most of you, any time someone volunteers to do some of your work for you is a good thing. Office Live Mail might just become your new best friend because it sorts your mail according to your specifications. For example, you might want all the correspondence that comes in from tom@mycompany.com to move automatically to the Client — My Company folder or mail with that includes the word contract to move to the VIP folder.

After you set up some new e-mail folders, here’s how you can have Office Live Mail sort your incoming e-mail for you automatically:

1. Click Inbox in the E-Mail section of the Office Live Home page. The Office Live Mail page opens.
2. Click Options in the toolbar. The Options menu expands to show you lots of e-mail options.
3. Click More Options. The Options page opens.
4. Click the Automatically Sort Email into Folders link in the Customize Your E-Mail section of the Options page. The Automatically Sort E-Mail into Folders page opens. (Before you start grousing about all the steps you have taken to arrive at this point, remember that this will save you lots of time in the long run!)
5. Click New Filter. The Edit Filter page opens; see Figure 4-12. You’ll notice that any new folders that you have created are listed there.
6. In Step 1: Which Messages Are You Looking For?, specify where the e-mail is coming from, the matching criterion you want Office Live Mail to use, and the person’s name or e-mail address information.
7. In Step 2: Where Do You Want to Put These Messages?, select the folder that you’d like the incoming e-mail to move to. You can even select the New Folder option and indicate the name of the new folder you’d like Office Live to create for you. Or, if you prefer, you can select the Delete These Messages option to have Office Live Mail delete messages coming in from your enemies and/or ex-spouse!
8. Click Save to save your changes. You land back in the Automatically Sort Email into Folders page. Then click Edit to edit an existing rule, Delete to delete a rule, or click the Mail icon to return to your Inbox.

Figure 4-12:
Creating a filter to move incoming e-mail messages.

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