How to create an Outlook rules using wildcards.
Create a rule to search for two different phrases in a message
Direct support for this kind of rule was added in Outlook 2000 and is available in all later versions of Outlook. In Outlook 97 and Outlook 98, it requires two rules. Let's say you want to move all messages that contain either "Microsoft Exchange" or "Microsoft Outlook" to a folder named Exchange/Outlook. First, create a
Filter messages forwarded from another user's mailbox
If you connect to Microsoft Exchange Server and are receiving mail sent to more than one address (for example, both to your own mailbox and to a staff member that you're covering for while she's on maternity leave), you will probably want to set up a rule to route the other person's mail into a
Create rules to sort messages by email account
Microsoft Outlook contains a rule condition you can use to sort mail received from multiple email accounts. Use the condition "through specified account", select the account and complete the rule.
Server-side vs. Client-side Rules
You can divide rules into two types - server-side and client-only. Server-side rules are handled entirely by the Exchange Server, independent of the state of the Outlook client. Client-only rules do not execute until the user who created the rule logs in to the Outlook client with the same profile used to create the rule.
Understanding the Safe and Blocked Senders lists
Understanding and using Outlook's Junk Mail Safe Sender, Safe Recipient, and Blocked sender's lists.
Outlook's Rules and Alerts: Run a Script
How to use Outlook's Rules Wizard Run a Script action to process messages using VBA. Using Run a Script rules will allow you to use actions not available in the Rules Wizard.
Rules in Error and Reply with Template
This bug was fixed in Outlook 2010 in the July 2011 hotfix. Beginning with Outlook 2007 SP2 (and continuing in Outlook 2010), there is a bug in the rules engine which causes reply with template rules to fail. I was hoping for a hotfix when I saw a newly released KB article referring to "Rules
Filter Internal Mail from External Mail
Create a rule in Outlook to filter messages sent from Internet Addresses when you use Exchange Server.
Use a rule to filter all messages from a mailing list
In most cases, the distinguishing feature of a mailing list is the To address. Therefore, that's what you should use to create the rule. The important thing to remember is that you want to use the underlying e-mail address, not the display name, which can vary depending on how different people send to the list.