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1. 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.
2. On the Tools menu, click Rules and Alerts.
3. If you have more than one e-mail account, in the Apply changes to this folder list, click the Inbox you want.
4. Click Run Rules Now.
5. In the Select rules to run list, select the check box next to each 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.) you want to run.
6. Do one of the following:

   Run rules on the current folder

   1. To run the rules on subfolders also, select the Include subfolders check box.
   2. In the Apply rules to list, select the type of messages you want to run the rules on, and then click Run Now.

   Run rules on a different folder

   1. Click Browse to change the folder in which you want to run rules.
   2. To run the rules on subfolders also, select the Include subfolders check box.
   3. In the Apply rules to list, select the type of messages you want to run the rules on, and then click Run Now.

Note  Rules run in the order they appear in the Select rules to run list. The run order can be changed only in the list of rules in the Rules and Alerts dialog box.