Organize e‑mail using rules and folders in Windows Live Mail

You can use rules in Windows Mail to automatically move messages to the folders that you choose. For example, you might create a rule to move mail from a specific person to a folder that you named for that person. You can also use rules to flag specific messages that you want to take action on later, or to delete unwanted messages automatically so that you never have to see them.

To create a rule

1. Open Windows Mail by clicking the Start button , clicking All Programs, and then clicking Windows Mail.
2. Click the Tools menu, point to Message Rules, and then click Mail.
3. In the New Mail Rule dialog box, under Select the Conditions for your rule, select one or more check boxes to set up the criteria that will be applied to incoming messages.
   If you select multiple conditions, click the and hyperlink in the Rule Description section. In the And/Or dialog box, click Messages match all of the criteria or Messages match any of the criteria, and then click OK.
4. Under Select the Actions for your rule, select one or more check boxes to determine how to handle messages that meet the conditions you selected.
5. Click the underlined hyperlinks in the Rule Description section to specify the conditions or actions for your rule.