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Are you tired of receiving several Out of Office (OOF) messages in response to an e-mail message you've sent to a large group or distribution list? If you'd like an easy way to reduce the clutter in your Inbox by automatically moving OOF messages to another folder, have the Outlook Rules Wizard do it for you. Here's how.

1. On the Tools menu, click Rules Wizard.
2. In the Apply changes to this folder list, click the Inbox you want to create the rule for.
3. Click New.
4. Click Start from a blank rule.
5. Click Check messages when they arrive, and then click Next.
6. In the Which condition(s) do you want to check list, select the which is an Out of Office message check box, and then click Next.
7. In the What do you want to do with the message list, select the Move it to the specified folder check box.
8. In the Rule Description box, click the underlined word, specified, and then select the folder that you want messages moved to.
9. Click OK, and then click Next.
10. Select the check box next to any exception that you want, and then click Next.
11. In the Please specify a name for this rule box, type a name for the rule.

    To have this rule apply to all your accounts and Inboxes, click Create this rule on all accounts.

12. Click Finish.

Tip  Select the Run this rule now on messages already in Inbox check box to quickly test this rule and move any OOF messages already in your Inbox to another folder.