Here are the steps on how to create a rule in Hotmail:
- Sign in to your Hotmail account.
- Click the “More” button in the top right corner of the page.
- Select “Rules” from the menu.
- Click the “Create a new rule” button.
- Enter a name for your rule.
- Select the conditions that you want to apply to your rule. For example, you can choose to apply the rule to messages from a specific sender, with a specific subject line, or that contain specific keywords.
- Select the actions that you want to take when the rule is applied. For example, you can choose to have the message forwarded to another address, deleted, or filed in a specific folder.
- Click the “Save” button.
Here is an example of a rule that you can create in Hotmail:
- Name: Move messages from John Smith to the “Personal” folder
- Conditions:
- Sender: John Smith
- Actions:
- Move to folder: Personal
This rule will move all messages from John Smith to the “Personal” folder in your Hotmail inbox.
You can create as many rules as you need to manage your Hotmail inbox. You can also edit or delete existing rules at any time.
Here are some additional tips for creating rules in Hotmail:
- You can use multiple conditions and actions in a single rule. For example, you could create a rule that moves all messages from John Smith that contain the word “vacation” to the “Vacation” folder.
- You can use wildcards in the conditions and actions. For example, you could create a rule that moves all messages from senders with names that start with “John” to the “John” folder.
- You can use the “stop processing rules” action to prevent other rules from being applied to a message. For example, you could create a rule that moves all messages from John Smith to the “Personal” folder and then use the “stop processing rules” action to prevent other rules from being applied to those messages.