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Rules and alerts
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Turn a rule on or off
Applies to:
Microsoft Office Outlook 2007
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In the
Navigation Pane
(Navigation Pane: The column on the left side of the Outlook window that includes panes such as Shortcuts or Mail and the shortcuts or folders within each pane. Click a folder to show the items in the folder.)
, click
Mail
.
On the
Tools
menu, click
Rules and Alerts
.
If you have more than one e-mail account, in the
Apply changes to this folder
list, select the
Inbox
that you want.
In the list of rules, select or clear the check box next to the
rule
(rule: One or more automatic actions taken on e-mail messages and meeting requests that meet certain conditions, along with any exceptions to those conditions. Rules are also referred to as filters.)
.